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This is another I'm reading again. It's a tiny little thing that covers the history of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, many of their paintings, historical photos, and documents associated with the various members. A few caveats... photos of the paint ...more "
The thing about photography (or any art, really) is that the viewer brings their baggage, same as anyone in a conversation or nonverbal exchange.
“If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death.”
― 1984
― 1984
“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”
― Ways of Seeing
― Ways of Seeing
“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.”
― The Running Man
― The Running Man
“I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.”
― The Collected Poems
― The Collected Poems
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