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"Imperialist culture and orientalist imagination are not the same. The latter was a significant part of European culture around 1900. Its function, though, was not so much to represent imperialism, as to provide an escape from the dizzying speed of modern life. The Orient was projected as being everything that the Occident was not. If speed was the poison of modernity, the Orient was its antidote." — Apr 04, 2025 06:19AM
"Imperialist culture and orientalist imagination are not the same. The latter was a significant part of European culture around 1900. Its function, though, was not so much to represent imperialism, as to provide an escape from the dizzying speed of modern life. The Orient was projected as being everything that the Occident was not. If speed was the poison of modernity, the Orient was its antidote." — Apr 04, 2025 06:19AM
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"It is frequently overlooked that Schubert was one of the most prolific composers of exquisite music composed specifically for social dancing. Vienna could claim to be a City of Dance as much as the City of music. Perhaps because so many activities were circumscribed in the reign of Francis I, dance provided a sese of liberation while affording opportunity to display one's social graces and sophistication." — Jan 18, 2025 03:10AM
"It is frequently overlooked that Schubert was one of the most prolific composers of exquisite music composed specifically for social dancing. Vienna could claim to be a City of Dance as much as the City of music. Perhaps because so many activities were circumscribed in the reign of Francis I, dance provided a sese of liberation while affording opportunity to display one's social graces and sophistication." — Jan 18, 2025 03:10AM
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"And in the night,
weaving in and out of sleep,
in and out of consciousness -
every time to fid you
folded in my arms -
wrapped up like a present
we are giving to each other.
(Jay Farbstein)" — Mar 29, 2025 05:31AM
"And in the night,
weaving in and out of sleep,
in and out of consciousness -
every time to fid you
folded in my arms -
wrapped up like a present
we are giving to each other.
(Jay Farbstein)" — Mar 29, 2025 05:31AM
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life â€� music and cats.”
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“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
― Les Essais
― Les Essais
“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.”
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
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