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“When nature no longer enchants us, we must face disenchantment, the sense that the world has lost its wonder. If we suffer from the loss of authentic experience, it is because beauty has been commodified or simulated, and the sublime has become unreachable. (“Absence of Beauty is like Hell“ ).”
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“Silence is an intimate space where the boundaries between memory and reality dissolve. Let it be an invitation to introspection and to shape our identity.
("Only silence remained")”
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("Only silence remained")”
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“Expanding the competitions’ “dirty bike” or ‘dirty ball” corruption reveals a mirror of society. If politicians deviate from their honest cause into bribery, if art turns into a battle of greed or consumerism, and truth becomes post-truth, the integrity erodes desperately, values are sacrificed at the altar of vainglory, and the moral compass is in a complete mess.
(“The dirty bike")”
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(“The dirty bike")”
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“Let us not be manipulated by societal scripts if we want to maintain our self-authorship that guarantees independent thought and action, allowing social relations to run smoothly. ("Terra Incognita - The lady is a tramp")”
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“Beauty promises recognition, connection, and loftiness. It invites us to soar and transcend. Beauty lends magnitude to our lives, but we feel dislocated if we miss sense and substance. Its absence is like a fall from grace. Beauty is one of the last refuges against emptiness. Without it, we become void drifters in a barren world. (“Absence of Beauty is like Hell“ )”
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Celine’s 2025 Year in Books
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