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Nov. 23 | The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

The invisible man chews Cannabis and drinks pink lightening;
the dead sexy writer, accompanied by Xanadu, dances

Snow leopard taste: blackish bread; dried pumpkin squash
At home: complexity every glass different - cherry, dark berry, cassis and smoky oak
Snow leopard sight: lone small red leaves cling to withered bushes
At home: Stacey Tookey, So You Think You Can Dance routine
Snow leopard sound: great rush of the falls
At home: Young and Beautiful, Lana Del Rey
Snow leopard smell: Hindu attars
At home: vanilla, orchid-Dead Sexy, TokyoMilk
Snow leopard touch: shards of prayer stone
At home: frozen fingertips on stainless steel
Snow leopard quote: "The river, and life going, the excruciating sun: why do I hurry?"
At home:
"To keep that necessary edge, the writer must never feel quite comfortable, and never satisfied. So many good novels could have benefited from another draft. I would work all the way to the printer’s, if they let me." — Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 157, Peter Matthiessen
Snow leopard word of the day: aloo - potato
At home: accompagnateur
Snow leopard notable: "God offers man the choice between repose and truth: he cannot have both."
Snow leopard extra: here I shall pass from one world to another; in the autumnal melancholy I remember France
At home: Xanadu: to love someone and to create art
Snow leopard gratitude: repose
At home: repose

Panthera progress: final stretch

What is this? Blogging The Snow Leopard project.

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