Musings on books, music, film, economics, lovingkindness, poetry & the nature of good & evil.Tumblr (3.0; @johnsapothecary)http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2cc2dde3041fc1f19ee7dded8a2f7b1/tumblr_mn4v0qnYcn1qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><em>cs blanchefleur</em>.  <strong>They Will Rise Up & Take What Belongs to Them</strong></span></p> <p><span>    </span><span>Blanchefleur spoke, wildly gesticulating to an obtuse audience of one. A numbing blankness mumbled from the desk, making his own voice sound emphatic, although the tape recording would later reveal a reasonable, & only slightly alarmed tone, dulling his concern. Across the desk, where death sat, the bureaucrat answered, his own voice just above a whisper. In half-empathetic pallor, revealing a cold lack of interest, the commandant unspooled Blanchefleur’s memories of </span><span class="text_exposed_show">narratives from the early 90s, when</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> his life, newly graduated from college, had seemed a meaningless interview. The figure stood up suddenly with uncharacteristic glee, a new wrinkle, unavailable during the interview.  Bricks sidled around his desk, his lizardish body attenuating the Golem in Lord of the Rings. Perhaps City Hall was considering this mess, including Corporal Hammer’s caustic trip into the Blue Cafe the day before. </span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br/></span></p> <p><span class="text_exposed_show">    In seconds, Mr.Bricks was within 2 feet, holding out his hand in a gesture of amicable cooperation. Blanchefleur, felt hot breath nearing his left shoulder, & confused by the city manager’s sudden swiftness, complied and reached forward to shake his offered hand. Mr. Bricks jerked Blanchefleur’s hand towards him, impatiently, and then looked him square, no longer the barren stare Blanchefleur had received moments earlier. Suddenly, Mr. Bricks had eyes of blood. Blanchefleur felt dizzy. His hand began to feel crushing pressure. Only moments before, Mr. Bricks’s gaze had seemed without purpose, now it burned. For a moment Blanchefleur felt he was watching a ghost. Mr. Brick’s ruddy complexion was now that of a corpse, all of its color moving to his eyes. Months later, Blanchefleur remembered a feeling of mordant sorrow floating into the room, then a sudden chill. This was the day it would all go clear. The tweakers were on offense. <br/>Blanchefleur thought of tombstones & flowers. The flowers were yellow like the sun.</span></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/50970846515http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/50970846515Tue, 21 May 2013 00:24:26 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d212c64ee404e1b261949b42f72e9136/tumblr_mm7cjqvZem1qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>cs blanchefleur</strong>. <em>here lies wm.h.allen, city cemetery</em></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/49486890657http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/49486890657Thu, 02 May 2013 22:04:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e2be6a6f8d0e753caf17bdb54e30baa8/tumblr_mj1ipnUm991qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>csblanchefleur.Homage to George Braques</p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/44374585571http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/44374585571Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:51:23 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8654e044adc8f6f1e6cc6e2d5db1586/tumblr_mgtvf95pLU1qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Abraham Mignon</strong>. <em><span class="text"><span>Animals and Oak Tree in Front of a Grotto</span></span></em></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/40845020006http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/40845020006Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:37:57 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KtdWGGpvY1s?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Foxygen</strong>. <em>San Francisco</em>. from the LP<em>,</em> <em>We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic</em></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/40844388203http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/40844388203Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:25:31 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f09f1875085710753ef9e8846da81a25/tumblr_mgqlm6PNBc1r67qauo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/amedeo-modigliani-jeanne-hebuterne-5650334-details.aspx">Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)<br/><em><span>Jeanne Hébuterne (Au chapeau)</span></em></a></p> <p><span><br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/40722454818http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/40722454818Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:50:16 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb1tm96mOG1r1vfbso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span class="st">André Derain</span></strong></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38931674789http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38931674789Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:28:10 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a03fc72279ac2bddbd6222059526f0a7/tumblr_mfoe2ubduC1qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>cs blanchefleur</strong>. <em>Andromeda 2</em></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38929837048http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38929837048Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:01:41 -0600<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F69388321&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p><p class="tumblr_blog"><strong>Philip Glass</strong>. <em>Mad Rush</em></p></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38920053966http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38920053966Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:52:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1ffe265da893aed8888e6fdc06322daf/tumblr_meq4q5469G1qmusrao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wilfredo Lam, <em>Satan,</em> 1942.</p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38831705732http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38831705732Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:51:27 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ac1fd7489998c3dae2f2116f015613c/tumblr_mfm7jewF8p1qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>cs blanchefleur.</strong><em> the holly & ivy</em>, <em>brazoria county christmas day</em></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38831269016http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/38831269016Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:45:14 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me9p8m1GLT1qzd7qpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Juan Gris</strong>. <em>Verres, Journal et Bouteille de Vin, Collage</em> <em>(</em>1913)</p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/37226755060http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/37226755060Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:19:06 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meix63B9or1qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(photo)<strong> csblanchefleur</strong>.<em> Bramble Kingdom</em></p> <p><strong>csblanchefleur</strong>.<em> December Psalm</em></p> <p>Our humble geometry</p> <p>received its</p> <p>umber & gold</p> <p>circumferences —</p> <p>foisted itself into</p> <p>chaotic grids</p> <p>& untied our specific algorithm,</p> <p>loosely woven.</p> <p>Unquenchable mirth,</p> <p>sated by flowers & a secret clarity —</p> <p>we exist when we allow</p> <p>we are fearful ghosts</p> <p>patterns of victory,</p> <p>beneath the dying brambles</p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/37205183107http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/37205183107Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:34:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjuvrTwDY1rnfmhbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Paul Serusier</strong>. <em>The incantation (The holy wood)</em> (1891)</p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/36952861649http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/36952861649Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:00:57 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdyhxmJhnK1qb2qnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Baltazar Gomes Figueira</strong><em>. Still Life with Fish</em> (C17th) </p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/36952557896http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/36952557896Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:54:54 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdhhn4uABp1qh7jlwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>John Constable English</strong><em>.Hampstead Heath, looking towards Harrow at sunset</em>, 1823</p> </blockquote>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35986523117http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35986523117Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:37:24 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5s1nzbsiY1qzoly9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>odilon redon.</strong> <em>saint sebastian</em>, 1910-12</p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35968400021http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35968400021Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:50:20 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdl6iwr9LZ1qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>cs blanchefleur. <em>Episcopal Cemetery, On Calvary</em></p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35842854757http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35842854757Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:18:32 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwneflTkM1qlv378o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Yves Klein</strong>. <em>Antropometrias</em>, 1960.</p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35842781983http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35842781983Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:16:48 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mda2oedhW21qd97eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Andre Derain</em>. <strong>Golden Age</strong></p> <p>ghosts & clouds & the sacred things</p>http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35409235538http://johnsapothecary.tumblr.com/post/35409235538Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:21:00 -0600