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There is much that appeals in this last creative act.
"Hurry up, please. It's time."
William S. Burroughs, Western Lands, 1987
He lived another decade, however.
William S. Burroughs, Western Lands, 1987
He lived another decade, however.
I've written several of these of late. They just come out angry. Maybe at the last minute there will be some beauty. But considering who is around me to read them it's almost a waste of said beauty. The anger is more apt.
I noticed that pretty much all referenced some natural object like the moon or trees or field or river. I'm just another stranger on the internet but I think you could try the same. Pissed off cherry blossoms doesn't seem like a real thing that exists.
You need to deal with this because life is too short to waste it in anger. "Enjoy yourself it's later than you think"
I like to think of the galaxy: https://youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk
Counterpoint to the mandatory optimism: https://harpers.org/blog/2008/01/brecht-to-those-who-follow-...
Brecht was however, fundamentally an optimist. Consider "in praise of communism".
You could have pointed to woodcuts by Masreel if you really wanted to lower the mood. More depressing art of the working poor I cannot think of, Doré aside.
You could have pointed to woodcuts by Masreel if you really wanted to lower the mood. More depressing art of the working poor I cannot think of, Doré aside.
W.H. Auden possessed great sanity: "As I went out one evening ..."
When morbid thoughts come
The "Country Death Song" by the
Violent Femmes beckons
https://youtu.be/FWZf_RBcB_Y
The "Country Death Song" by the
Violent Femmes beckons
https://youtu.be/FWZf_RBcB_Y
--Dr. Hunter S. Thompson