July 2010
“Artwork Based On Children’s Drawings”
—I have seen the whole of the internet: Artwork Based On Children’s Drawings
June 2010
“I got this book on word origins (“Word Origins”) at Housingworks. It was originally published in 1950 so it’s full of charming anachronisms. Like any book about etymology or semiotics it makes you temporarily hyper-aware of your word choices and their various resonances. “Charming” for example would have been a dangerous insult in 14th-century England, when it still carried its original sense of “the Latin carmen, ‘song,’ usually a wicked chant or incantation of magic power like that of the notorious Lorelei.”
The entry on charm is in the chapter titled “Romantic Stories of Words About Women.” —
The entry on charm is in the chapter titled “Romantic Stories of Words About Women.” —
Things I Ate That I Love: blogcriture feminine
(via housingworksbookstore)
