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But there may be a more profound pleasure: we may value foreign elements not only because they are new, but because they seem to accord more faithfully with our identity and commitments than anything our homeland could provide.
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What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home.
— Apr 23, 2025 11:47PM
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What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home.
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Art cannot single-handedly create enthusiasim nor does it arise from sentiments of which non-artists are devoid; it merely contributes to enthusiasm, and guides us to be more conscious of feelings that we might previously have experienced only tentatively or hurriedly.
— May 05, 2025 11:45PM
Bilge
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Of all modes of transport, the train is perhaps the best aid to thought: the views have none of the potential monotony of those on a ship or plane, they move fast enough for us not to get exasperated but slowly enough to allow us to identify objects.
— Apr 22, 2025 01:06PM
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Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship or train. There is an almost quaint correlation between what is in front of our eyes and the thoughts we are able to have in our heads: large thoughts at times requiring large views, new thoughts new places.
— Apr 22, 2025 01:06PM
