December 2010
29 posts
“The loneliness was still there, but it was getting louder and easier to dance to.”
—Unknown (via keeplifebeautifull)
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—Mapped waters are more quiet than the land is,
lending the land their waves’ own conformation:
and Norway’s hare runs south in agitation,
profiles investigate the sea, where land is.
Are they assigned, or can the countries pick their colors?
-What suits the character or the native waters best.
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More delicate than the historians’ are the map-makers’ colors.[—Elizabeth Bishop, 1911-1979, The Map - full text]