Daily Extractions
The following blog is an exercise in finding significance in “random” words. Each day, a title and sentence will be blindly chosen by QC from whatever book, magazine, webpage, or other text source happens to be within grasp. No premeditation will color these posts, they will simply serve as acts of synchronicity, divination, or abstract poetry. What do today’s title and sentence say about you and your existence in this very moment? How do these micro samplings hold value when they are isolated, out of context, and spliced together? QC looks forward to your comments! Site Comments →
Mar222011
Sculpture
Why does anyone ever make love?
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Mar212011
Dramatically
The beings King encountered were from “a different or parallel world rather than another star system,” or, alternately, “the next kingdom in nature, or the next dimension of reality.”
Beyond 2012: Catastrope of Awakening? by Geoff Stray
Mar202011
Paw
Blood drips down the side of my face and gathers in my ear.
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
Mar192011
Tufts
And suddenly I felt that the universe was being revealed to me like a kitten’s belly under its pried-open paws.
The Patterns of Paper Monsters by Emma Rathbone
Mar182011
Booze
I don’t want you to get the idea she was a goddamn icicle or something, just because we never necked or horsed around much.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Mar172011
Argyle
It was as though he were the callow, unworldly applicant, and I, with my father’s garters pulled tight as a tourniquet, were the judge.
The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth
Mar162011
Arsenal
Once you’ve got all these options in your back pocket, you’ll be prepared to handle and kind of stitchy situation.
Stitch ’n Bitch Superstar Knitting by Debbie Stoller
Mar142011
Bondsmen
He has a ship of mine, and I want it, to cross over to Ellis.
The Odyssey by Homer
Raindrop Parade
