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Night: A Philosophy of the After-Dark

by Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh

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Omnicide: Mania, Fatality, and the Future-in-Delirium

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Nothing to Be Frightened Of

by Julian Barnes

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Aug 15, 2015 02:41PM

“In the Somme valley, the back of language broke. It could no longer carry its former meanings. World War I changed the life of words and images in art, radically and forever. It brought our culture into the age of mass-produced, industrialized death. This, at first, was indescribable.”
― Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New

tags: art, industrialization, language, wwi

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“I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.”
― Edward Gorey

tags: boredom, ennui, life

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