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“My artistic expression initially started out as revenge, a wound that unraveled and revealed itself in the unloved corners of houses, in yellowing pages. I settled into being creature of shadow and light, stealthy and secretly furious, almost like I believed that I was fated for a glorious future, and my meekness was a form of asking. I was passionately and decidedly isolated, alone was an artform. Any art I create, in any medium, is a reflection of that faint anger: of having believed in glory, and having lived instead.”
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“like slicing a coconut
fully expecting
its milk, the curved
inner cumulus of its belly
virginal -
for the teeth of
an anonymous sickle”
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fully expecting
its milk, the curved
inner cumulus of its belly
virginal -
for the teeth of
an anonymous sickle”
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“Self-awareness is a trait that not only makes us human but also paradoxically makes us want to be more than merely human. As I said in my BBC Reith Lectures, “Science tells us we are merely beasts, but we don’t feel like that. We feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, forever craving transcendence”
― The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
― The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
“And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most valuable asset. My own instincts have repeatedly guided me against the grain of logic and probability. When I have trusted and followed their direction, they have never been wrong. I don't know how or why. But I know that every significant experience-positive or negative-sharpens them and makes them more accurate.”
― This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
― This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
“Once, I was a master at recycling leftovers. Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories.”
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
― The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
