peter mayer;
poetry in lower-
case

robin kinross;
large and-
small letters:
authority and
democracy

wim crouwel;
lower case-
in the dutch
lowlands

88.5

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Playfair

or play foul

What you sow

will become the harvest

of your affections

 Na Baixa do Sapateiro 

Encontrei um dia a morena mais frajola da Bahia
Pedi-lhe um beijo, não deu
Um abraço, sorriu
Pedi-lhe a mão, não quis dar, fugiu…

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INFINITE

If the doors of perception
were cleansed
 every thing would appear 
         to man as it is:         

Donec sed odio dui. Nullam dolor nibh ultricies vehicula elit. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis disparturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque consectetur et. Donec sed odio dui.

NOTICE TO READERS

مخــــمور

The goodness and malevolence that is in human nature  |  The happiness and heartache which is fate and destiny
Don’t attribute intelligence to the wheel of the heavens  |  The wheel is a thousand times more helpless than you

omar khayyam (1048–1141)

न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते

no one can achieve freedom from activity by refraining from action

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति

nor can they reach perfection by merely refusing to act

Something must be wrong. But what?

فقلتُ لقلبي استشعرِ الأنس وابتهج فإن تبعد الأجسام لم تبعد القلوبْ

So I said to my heart, feel the love and rejoice.
If the bodies are far away, the hearts are not far away.

ibn zamrak (1333–1393)