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Mervyn Peake: How to Build a Castle in the Air

Lateral Action

For example, here's part of the description of the Ladies Cora and Clarice taking afternoon tea, at a table perched improbably on the trunk of a tree growing out of the castle wall: Upon the lit wall [the tree's] perfect shadow lay as though engraved with superhuman skill. Much better to embrace your shadow, take it out and dance with it.

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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

I went to the GSD so it doesn't matter that i don't understand how to read architectural drawings.) I received my degree in Poly Sci and 4 years later was making six figures doing Information Architecture and Account Management, creating websites for pharma companies.

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