July 2010
28 posts
“But here’s the thing. Horace didn’t say that. “Carpe diem” doesn’t mean seize...”
– From Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist. He continues:
What Horace had in mind was that you should gently pull on the day’s stem, as if it were, say, a wildflower or an olive, holding it with all the practiced care of your thumb and the side of your finger, which knows how to not crush easily crushed...
MRI scans of some fruit? →
because it’s science, ok?
