Peter Blair
@peterblair.bsky.social
Here because of addict behavior
“Evil does not reach its perfect state simply by being committed. It is at least equally importantly that it be wrongly named, since this guarantees that the mind cannot come to see it clear and whole” -Roberto Calasso, The Book of All Books
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
“Evil does not reach its perfect state simply by being committed. It is at least equally importantly that it be wrongly named, since this guarantees that the mind cannot come to see it clear and whole” -Roberto Calasso, The Book of All Books
Now we’re talking open.spotify.com/album/74sjx2...
Singin’ to an Empty Chair
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February 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Now we’re talking open.spotify.com/album/74sjx2...
“The Bible has no rivals when it comes to the art of omission…Only by reading the Bible through can one weigh the omissions against the repetitions, which are equally glaring. And only by summing omissions and repetitions can one grasp that unique phenomenon…which is the Bible.”
-Roberto Calasso
-Roberto Calasso
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“The Bible has no rivals when it comes to the art of omission…Only by reading the Bible through can one weigh the omissions against the repetitions, which are equally glaring. And only by summing omissions and repetitions can one grasp that unique phenomenon…which is the Bible.”
-Roberto Calasso
-Roberto Calasso
She was used to men answering her with one part of their mind on religion. That was one of the reasons why Edward had become so unsatisfactory after he had ceased to be a curate and become an actor” -Muriel Spark, The Only Problem
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
She was used to men answering her with one part of their mind on religion. That was one of the reasons why Edward had become so unsatisfactory after he had ceased to be a curate and become an actor” -Muriel Spark, The Only Problem
Good morning open.spotify.com/track/2I88WC...
Amidinin War Hi Toyed
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February 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Good morning open.spotify.com/track/2I88WC...
“These were exceedingly precarious footholds, though it’s true that for anyone writing in German, Goethe is their Homer” -Roberto Calasso, commenting on the antecedents (which included a passage by Goethe) for Freud’s “Moses and Monotheism”
February 3, 2026 at 12:09 AM
“These were exceedingly precarious footholds, though it’s true that for anyone writing in German, Goethe is their Homer” -Roberto Calasso, commenting on the antecedents (which included a passage by Goethe) for Freud’s “Moses and Monotheism”
Yeah they were great live (though sadly the set was on the short side)
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Yeah they were great live (though sadly the set was on the short side)
Check ‘em out open.spotify.com/track/71iLvQ...
Disintegrate
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February 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Wild Pink @ MilkBoy Philadelphia
February 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Wild Pink @ MilkBoy Philadelphia
“For a long time people found it hard to accept that nothing should be known of Abraham, the patriarch, until, in his old age, Yahweh spoke to him…But what makes Genesis special, powerful and unique was precisely this empty space” -Roberto Calasso, The Book of All Books
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“For a long time people found it hard to accept that nothing should be known of Abraham, the patriarch, until, in his old age, Yahweh spoke to him…But what makes Genesis special, powerful and unique was precisely this empty space” -Roberto Calasso, The Book of All Books
A somewhat different thing but I’m waiting for my library hold to come in on “The Bible: A Global History” by Bruce Gordon. A couple of others in the pipeline I’ll surely post about whenever I get to them
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
A somewhat different thing but I’m waiting for my library hold to come in on “The Bible: A Global History” by Bruce Gordon. A couple of others in the pipeline I’ll surely post about whenever I get to them
Oh that’s a new one, going on my list (I’m doing a lot of reading of and about the Hebrew Bible rn)
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Oh that’s a new one, going on my list (I’m doing a lot of reading of and about the Hebrew Bible rn)
Snow weekend plans
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Snow weekend plans
“Fatal meetings tend to happen near wells. As with Rebecca, or Rachel, or with Demeter in Eleusis.” -Roberto Calasso, The Book of All Books
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
“Fatal meetings tend to happen near wells. As with Rebecca, or Rachel, or with Demeter in Eleusis.” -Roberto Calasso, The Book of All Books
Love Robert Alter on the arc of Jacob’s life: “The powerful young man who made his way across the Jordan to Mesopotamia with only his walking staff…is now an old man tottering on the brink of the grave, bearing the deep wounds of his long life”
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Love Robert Alter on the arc of Jacob’s life: “The powerful young man who made his way across the Jordan to Mesopotamia with only his walking staff…is now an old man tottering on the brink of the grave, bearing the deep wounds of his long life”
Robert Alter 🤝 Henri de Lubac: footnotes that take up 2/3rds of the page
January 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Robert Alter 🤝 Henri de Lubac: footnotes that take up 2/3rds of the page
Yes it’s a tie for me between that one and "The Spiral”
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Yes it’s a tie for me between that one and "The Spiral”
I’m only a few pages into the introduction in this Alter volume and it’s really excellent already
January 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I’m only a few pages into the introduction in this Alter volume and it’s really excellent already
In 2026, we’re Genesis-maxxing
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
In 2026, we’re Genesis-maxxing
Cracking up (from Calvino’s “Cosmicomics”)
January 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Cracking up (from Calvino’s “Cosmicomics”)
I need to hear the story there next time you’re in town, book it. (I just watched it for the first time and it’s a thumbs up from me)
January 9, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I need to hear the story there next time you’re in town, book it. (I just watched it for the first time and it’s a thumbs up from me)
