Literature · Reflection
HANNAH ARENDT ~ CULTURE VERSUS ENTERTAINMENT
Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. Hannah Arendt
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Literature · Reflection
LOUIS DE BERNIERES ~ FALLING IN LOVE
When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Bec
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Literature · Reflection
JULIO CORTAZAR ~ AN UNREAL REALITY
“These days, my notion of the fantastic is closer to what we call reality.” —Julio Cortázar
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Reflections · Reflection
SILENT WHISPER ~ MONIQUE LUCY WEBERINK
Silent Whisper Photo by Monique Lucy Weberink 2016
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Poetry · Reflection
ANNA AKHMATOVA ~ SILENT WORDS
”The triumphs of a mysterious non-meeting are desolate ones; unspoken phrases, silent words.” Anna Akhmatova ((23 June 1889 – 5 March 1966 / Odessa) www.moniquespassions.com
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Art · Reflection
Alphonse Mucha ~ Woman with Daisies
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Woman with Daisies, 1898-99. www.passionforpaintings.com
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Art · Reflection
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Wish you all a very merry Christmas ♥♥♥ Anton Heinrich Dieffenbach A Christmas Party -1865 www.passionforpaintings.com www.moniquespassions.com
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Literature · Reflection
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR ~ ONE’S PAST
“It’s very hard to review one’s past without cheating a little.” Simone de Beauvoir
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Art · Reflection
TEARS OF HUMANITY…
Tears of humanity, tears of humanity, flowing eternally early and late… Flowing invisibly, flowing in secrecy, ever abundantly, ever unceasingly – flowing as rain flows with autumn finality all through the night like a river in spate (1849) Fyodor Tyutchev translation Peter Tempe
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Art · Reflection
VIVE LA FRANCE
VIVE LA FRANCE Marianne, Eugene Delacroix www.moniquespassions.com
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Poetry · Reflection
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI ~ OCTOBER
OCTOBER Crack your first nut and light your first fire; Roast your first chestnut crisp on the bar; Make the logs sparkle, stir the blaze higher, Logs are cheery as sun or as star, Logs we can find wherever we are. Spring one soft day will open the leaves, Spring one bright day w
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