bill hayward's The American Memory Project

willem dafoe

Bill — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:10:55 +0000

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Toni Morrison

Bill — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:40:55 +0000

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

stephen petronio – new york, new york

Bill — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:26:17 +0000

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dr. lanny real bird – crow agency, montana

Bill — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:04:41 +0000

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Our language identifies who we are. For the Crow our life doesn’t revolve around ownership of things…it is the ownership of our words.

“Humanity is not something man simply has…”

Bill — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:21:04 +0000

Humanity is not something man simply has. He must fight for it anew in every generation, and he may lose his fight. Where…the uniqueness of his individual person? – Paul Tillich, “A Prefatory Note By Paul Tillich”, New Images of Man

The Work of Memory – Carter Ratcliff

Bill — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:45:37 +0000

Unbound by tradition, uninhibited by fear, each American is free to invent “an original relation to the universe,” or so said Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1836. Since then, a uniquely American idea of self-creation has been reduced to its opposite, as we learn to define ourselves through consumerist choice in everything from art to politics.

The work of memory is to recall what has been lost.

Carter Ratcliff – art critic, author, poet

john manson – boston, massachusetts

Bill — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:57:26 +0000

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At the beach/ I’d be in my waders/ the waves would be crashing/ Senator Webster would be fishing/ and I would be asking him questions about politics.

Bill Hayward Day by Justin Taylor

Bill — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:37:56 +0000

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HOWL – poet jason shinder on HOWL

Bill — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:35:15 +0000

john goggin

Bill — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:34:00 +0000

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-motor vehicle operator-

boston national historical park

Having served in Vietnam, John is continually reminded of “what it must have been like to be at the battle that June day in 1775.” To find oneself directly connected to that string that stretches throughout history, that profundo note that reverberates forever in all who have been in battle. “Youʼre standing around and then all of a sudden itʼs, ʻOK, here we goʼ”.