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Goya's paintings teach us that whatever happens, humanity produces and will produce the monstrous, that it churns out nightmares. It's alarming, but Goya's painting also teaches us to admit it, to be clear sighted about our share of darkness. Even better: once we've learnt this tragic lesson, it teaches us to create our own monsters in order to sublimate them, to stop being scared of them.
— May 25, 2026 01:22PM
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The first inklings of life's unfairness often come from a small detail whose impact is inversely proportional to its cause.
— May 30, 2026 05:51AM
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She had only just turned eleven, but was already showing that mix of aggression and detachment that is such a contrast to the joyful spontaneity of childhood.
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That was how he (William Turner) tracked down the sublime, which is more moving than beauty and makes us sense the futility of human beings before the powers of the cosmos.
— May 25, 2026 01:03PM