Tick Tock

"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

Quote by Bertrand Russell

Photograph by Lee Greenfeld © 2014

Quote Of The Week

"We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart."

In The Free World You Must Stay

William Worthy

Rest In Peace

"William Worthy, a foreign correspondent who in the thick of the Cold War ventured where the United States did not want him to go and became the subject of both a landmark federal case concerning travel rights and a ballad by the protest singer Phil Ochs, died on May 4th." ... Story continues here: William Worthy, A Reporter Drawn To Forbidden Datelines, Dies At 92 (NY Times)

Quote Of The Week

"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth."

A Coney Island Of My Mind #16

Photograph by Lee Greenfeld © 2014

Quote Of The Week

"Time exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once...  and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you."

No Matter What Your Language

Jack Agüeros

Rest In Peace

Destiny asked if I would play cards, so I sat.

I liked the one-hand cuts and snappy shuffles

but I kept going down. Deal after deal,

pictures, numbers, I never controlled a hand.

"Destiny," I cried, "you only wear one suit -

it's red!, or is it black?"

Destiny blew on the deck and laughed.

"Look around, call yourself lucky - I let you play."

"Destiny," I said, "look at me, I'm a brown Jack

and I sit high in the hierarchy. Where's my privilege?"

Untitled poem by Jack Agüeros © 2006

Quote Of The Week

"A revolutionary age is an age of action; ours is the age of advertisement and publicity. Nothing ever happens but there is immediate publicity everywhere. In the present age a rebellion is, of all things, the most unthinkable. Such an expression of strength would seem ridiculous to the calculating intelligence of our times. On the other hand a political virtuoso might bring off a feat almost as remarkable. He might write a manifesto suggesting a general assembly at which people should decide upon a rebellion, and it would be so carefully worded that even the censor would let it pass. At the meeting itself he would be able to create the impression that his audience had rebelled, after which they would all go quietly home — having spent a very pleasant evening.”

Exile On 116th Street

Matt was a local legend. A real borough hero. Matt's best friend Eddie lived uptown. Eddie's influence on Matt was immeasurable

One winter night in the mid-'80s Matt ranted, for what seemed like an eternity, about "the commies" all while letting cigarettes burn out on his arms in an effort to show that he was prepared for "the coming fight." On that same cold blustery night using just one hand — and then just a few fingers — he hung his body off the local esplanade to show his resolve. He could care less about the bumper-to-bumper traffic below. Or perhaps he didn't notice it.

Eddie ruined Matt's life.

Words: Lee Greenfeld © 2012