A Look At Matsuo Basho
by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog The master of the Haiku expresses poetic qualities that charge his words with unmistakable clarity. Clarity is the medium for Basho’s perception […]
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Marcus Aurelius and Wordsworth
by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog Up! Up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you’ll grow double (from ‘The Tables Turned’, William Wordsworth) But cast away […]
One After the Truth
by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog I was sitting at a café when I got to talking with a woman who happened to sit across from me. I […]
Of Time and Dreams
by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog I had a dream that I was assaulted by three men. One of them granted that “I had had enough”. I didn’t […]
A Conversation With Yury Kharchenko in Berlin
by Carl Kruse The Carl Kruse Blog invites all to a chat between Russian-German Artist Yury Kharchenko and art historian Dr. Eckhart Gillen this coming Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 at […]
Two Beautiful Dictionaries
by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog Between 1870 and the turn of the 20th century, two books were written that despite their distance of creation (the Atlantic separated […]
O’Shaughnessy: An Ode
by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog Arthur O’Shaughnessy left one good poem behind. Many other Victorian poets left a few good poems behind and they are welcomed in […]
Some Slightly Cynical Aphorisms on Travelling
by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog People no doubt stomach the frustration of touristic spots, especially historic ones, because the place is worth seeing; you can even get […]
On Resolutions for a New Year
by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog I have nothing against contemplating and making changes to your life when quietude and time afford it, but as any contemplater knows, […]
Gluttony and Love – Navigating the Holidays
By Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog It is nice to sit here in the cold and think about food. Outside, the sky is all angry grey and […]
Goodbye Isabella de la Houssaye
by Carl Kruse Some four years ago the New York Times wrote an article about my badass classmate Isabella de la Houssaye who was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and […]
Whoredom, Harlots and Promiscuity in the 21st Century
by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come […]