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It's knowing you are. Not trying to be. It's knowing you always were. But you never realized it. - Sosanni V ----------------------------------------- Are we really aware of time spent or time wasted on efforts of 'trying' to 'be'? To be what? To
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Among the Shakespeareans beyond compare.
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"...The thing about Rapunzel is the sorceress is depicted as crone-like and cruel, hoarding her vegetables, terrorizing her neighbors, forcing them to surrender their infant daughter to her, a daughter she locks inside a stair-less tower once she reaches puberty. I can’t help but think about how the
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"...Zola does not waste time forgiving cruelty — cruelty is part of the weather. But deceit? Deceit is architecture. It builds false walls in a house already crumbling. And so honesty — even brutal, snarling honesty — becomes the final architecture of trust."... from the 31/5/2025 history of Literature
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Excerpts from an interesting post about an interesting writer, Ursula Le Guin. Her work is exceptional. "...She wrote science fiction and fantasy. Genres that, in the 1960s, were considered lowbrow. Pulp. Not "real literature." The literary establishment dismissed her as a "genre writer." But Ursula
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Popova illuminated the inner fortitude Frida possessed to endure such suffering and trauma. Maria Popova skillfully revealed Frida Kahlo's vulnerability and challenges that tortured her, even though she is known for her intense creativity and rebellious personality.
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Dürer went as far as to paint the reflection of a window in the hare's eye.