The white European and North American, in particular, commonly has a sense not of renewal, but of being at an end: of being only half alive in the fibrillating heartland of a senescent civilization. Sometimes it seems that it is not possible to do more than reflect the decay around and within us, than sing sad and bitter songs of disillusion and defeat.Tumblr (3.0; @thefibrillatingheartland)http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ugpa8i0A1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassocatena/7794390286/" title=".">.</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/29545403134http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/29545403134Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:48:46 -0400““I guess I felt attached to my weakness. My pain and suffering too. Summer light, the smell of a breeze, the sound of cicadas – if I like these things, why should I apologise. The same with having a beer with you…” The Rat swallowed his words. “I don’t know why.””<br/><br/> - <em><span class="Apple-style-span">Murakami Haruki, <em>A Wild Sheep Chase</em></span> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://naked-glass.tumblr.com/">naked-glass</a>)</em>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27511041115http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27511041115Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:29:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7dnpcCaJD1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassocatena/7599908264/" title="untitled">untitled</a> on Flickr.</p><p>trip day</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27510906371http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27510906371Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:27:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7byexPGn11r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danypeschl/7204266770/" title="untitled">untitled</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danypeschl/">dany peschl</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27444676169http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27444676169Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:23:21 -04002011dany peschl<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7byap8S8j1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danypeschl/6003326068/" title='from "to the mountains" series'>from “to the mountains” series</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danypeschl/">dany peschl</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27444512935http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27444512935Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:20:48 -0400<p>wha?</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27073864616http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27073864616Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:08:24 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m72fubCsHI1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andykehoe/7551300826/" title="Summoning the Dusken Wanderer">Summoning the Dusken Wanderer</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andykehoe/">andy kehoe</a> on Flickr.</p><p>new amazing shit by andy kehoe</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27073558468http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27073558468Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:03:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70oz5KxFO1r45dbqo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27005951750http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/27005951750Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:25:52 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5bxju4ymY1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassocatena/7352476278/" title=".">.</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24722000667http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24722000667Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:57:30 -0400“Loneliness wasn’t such a bad feeling. It was like the stillness of the pin oak after the little birds had flown off.”<br/><br/> - <em>Haruki Murakami - A Wild Sheep Chase (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.haruki-murakami.com/">murakamistuff</a>)</em>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24454537762http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24454537762Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:47:10 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m516qmWN4Q1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67844382@N00/6043950065/" title="Daydreamer">Daydreamer</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67844382@N00/">huebucket</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24318652473http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24318652473Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:42:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m515hcO7UU1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelikaarendt/6646132827/" title="o. T., 2011">o. T., 2011</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelikaarendt/">Angelika Arendt</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24317833620http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24317833620Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:15:12 -0400drawingpaperAngelikaArendtFinelinerAquarellKunstAusstellungLinieStrichBildnisMotivArtwildverydetailedtinytexturestylesmallpenpatternoriginalsoriginalmoleskinemodernartmodernminimicrographiclineslight<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5157g1BzB1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/acornsgrow/4009256277/" title="never ending master quest">never ending master quest</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/acornsgrow/">OΔKYӨH</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24317643565http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24317643565Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:09:16 -0400niorghostpatroljunioracornoakyohmelbourne<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_24240117506" src="http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24240117506/audio_player_iframe/thefibrillatingheartland/tumblr_m4yrbemIiZ1qjd1kg?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fthefibrillatingheartland%2F24240117506%2Ftumblr_m4yrbemIiZ1qjd1kg" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.haruki-murakami.com/post/24226699715/bruce-springsteen-glory-days-4-15-from-the">murakamistuff</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days [4:15]</strong></p> <p><strong>from the album “Born in the USA” [1984]. <a href="http://brucespringsteen.net/1984?cat=6">Lyrics</a>.</strong></p> <p><em>Personal favorite of Haruki Murakami, from his book <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%84%8F%E5%91%B3%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA%E3%81%91%E3%82%8C%E3%81%B0%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%81%AF%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84-%E6%9D%91%E4%B8%8A-%E6%98%A5%E6%A8%B9/dp/4163676007">意味がなければスイングはない</a> (“</em><span>It Ain’t Got that Swing (If It Don’t Mean a Thing)</span><em>”).</em></p> <p><em><a href="http://www.haruki-murakami.com/tagged/Murakami_songs">Click here</a> for more of his favorite songs!</em></p> </blockquote>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24240117506http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24240117506Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:48:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y20mrmR21qzok36o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.haruki-murakami.com/post/24201521862/haruki-murakami-bingo-by-grant-snider">murakamistuff</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Haruki Murakami Bingo by Grant Snider</p> </blockquote>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24207967887http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24207967887Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:20:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xfrxM9CC1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliscarpulla/6198777901/" title="untitled">untitled</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliscarpulla/">alison scarpulla</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24184194332http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24184194332Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:07:09 -0400wolvesthroneroomWITTRcelestiallineagewashington35mm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xfqsIuan1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sprppl/7212520116/" title="untitled">untitled</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sprppl/">coolhandluke</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24184175797http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24184175797Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:06:27 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xfoupBkz1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hahahahahahahahaaa/7302348006/" title="Utopia">Utopia</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hahahahahahahahaaa/">Reuben Wu</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Reuben Wu has some great work</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24184144503http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24184144503Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:05:18 -0400brasiliabrasilaerochromemamiyarz67120cityinfraredkodak<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4rle5LY7r1rxn3nwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24177568016http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24177568016Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:13:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ts9lAUJB1r45dbqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassocatena/7300450390/" title="my war">my war</a> on Flickr.</p><p>oneofthemoneofthem</p>http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24053348872http://thefibrillatingheartland.tumblr.com/post/24053348872Wed, 30 May 2012 03:46:32 -0400