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Pared de agua by Daniel Herrera

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New Athos, Abkhazia by  heatherstore

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Rereading, an operation contrary to the commercial and ideological habits of our society, which would have us “throw away” the story once it has been consumed (“devoured”), so that we can then move on to another story, buy another book, and which is tolerated only in certain marginal categories of readers (children, old people, and professors), rereading is here suggested at the outset, for it alone saves the text from repetition (those who fail to reread are obliged to read the same story everywhere), multiplies it in its variety and its plurality: rereading draws the text out of its internal chronology (“this happens before or after that”) and recaptures a mythic time (without before or after)…rereading is no longer consumption but play (that play which is the return of the different).

Roland Barthes, S/Z (via autonomistgoth)

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Meanders, M, and Oxbow Lakes, O, of the Mississippi. Physical Geography. 1908.

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Australisches Höhlengemälde am Genelg. Die Anfänge der Kunst Ernst Grosse Freiburg: Akademische Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.C.B. Mohr, 1894.

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When evening has come, I return to my house and go into my study. At the door I take off my clothes of the day, covered with mud and mire, and I put on my regal and courtly garments; and decently reclothed, I enter the an­cient courts of ancient men, where, received by them lovingly, I feed on the food that alone is mine and that I was born for. There I am not ashamed to speak with them and to ask them the reason for their actions; and they in their humanity reply to me. And for the space of four hours I feel no boredom, I forget every pain, I do not fear poverty, death does not frighten me. I deliver myself entirely to them.

Niccolò Machiavelli, Letter to Francesco Vettori (December 10, 1513)

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There you have it. The oldest engine available of HL2, running at DirectX level 6 at 640x480 at the absolute lowest settings humanly possible, clocking at about 300fps on average.

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William S. Burroughs, Paris, 1956. Photo by Dean Loomis.

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People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid.

Søren Kierkegaard (via scientificphilosopher)

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“Sit as little as possible. Do not believe any idea that was not conceived while moving around outside. Sitting down is a true sin against the Holy Spirit.”

—F. Nietzsche, Ecce Homo, “Why I Am So Clever” §1 (edited excerpt).

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Silence is also conversation.

Ramana Maharshi (via fyp-philosophy)

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A few of my favourite William Morris/Morris & Co. patterns.

1. Honeysuckle 1876 2. Windrush 1883 3. Corncockle 1883 4. Jasmine Trellis 1868-70 5. Poppy 1880

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Antek Walczak, Pride, 2013.

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坂本龍一_新潮文庫_1981

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Mingering Mike. Isolation, Frustrations, Get’tin To The Roots of All Evils, Boogie Down At The WhiteHouse, The Two Sides of Mingering Mike, Minger’s Gold Supersonic Greatest Hits, Ghetto Prince Joseph War, You Know Only What They Tell You, Joseph War & Friend: As High As The Sky, Grooving With Mike. Washington D.C. 1970-1975. 

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Tiger & Birds | 타이거 & 새 (woodcut print), Village of Minsokchon-ro, Joseon Period (1392-1897), Korea.