Archive for the 'ambition' Category

In Which James Agee Found No Single Word For What He Meant

"I am working on, or am interested to try, or expect to return to, such projects as the following. I shall first list them, then briefly specify a little more about most of them."

Borgesian list of James Agee's artistic ambitions outlined in his application for a Guggenheim.
 

List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces

The list of artificial objects on the surface of the moon article has been sitting in my RSS reader for months. This is one level up.
 

I don’t want to set the world on fire

"I don't want to set the world on fire / I just want to start / A flame in your heart" via projectionist. I often feel this way.