Bolaño on Minor Works and Masterpieces

Before Archimboldi left, after they’d had a cup of tea, the man who rented him the typewriter said: “Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls believe, but to hide it.” 2666, Roberto Bolaño

Cortázar on Seduction and Power

Michel is something of a puritan at times, he believes that one should not seduce someone from a position of strength. “Blow Up,” Julio Cortázar

On Guilt and Work

The finding: People who are prone to guilt tend to work harder and perform better than people who are not guilt-prone, and are perceived to be more capable leaders. The research: Francis Flynn gave a standard psychological test, which measured the tendency to feel guilt, to about 150 workers in the finance department of a Fortune 500 firm and [...]

Movie in Words: Julio Cortázar

(she’d turned around suddenly, swinging like a metal weathercock, and the eyes, the eyes were there) “Blow Up,” Julio Cortázar

Cortázar on Being Present

Right now (what a word, now, what a dumb lie) “Blow Up,” Julio Cortázar