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-The Molo and the Piazzetta San Marco, Venice-

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The Battle of Flowers by Arthur Drummond (English, 1871–1951)

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Nymph discovering a mermaid in the reeds Georges-Marie-Julien Girardot

Mermaid Mondays

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Feminine Painting Details

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One day you think: I want to die. And then you think, very quietly, actually I want a coffee. I want a nap. A sandwich. A book. And I want to die turns day by day into I want to go home, I want to walk in the woods, I want to see my friends, I want to sit in the sun. I want a cleaner room, I want a better job, I want to live somewhere else, I want to live.

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The Philosopher’s Corner, 1873 by Maria Richards Oakey (American, 1845–1927)

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-The Vision of Death-

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“Your eyes aren’t empty mirrors — you reflect human beings. I hope this doesn’t make you mortally unhappy.”

— Yōko Tawada, Memoirs of a Polar Bear

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-Fountain in Marquayrol-

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The Martyrdom of St. Christina, 1895 by Vicente Palmaroli y González (Spanish, 1834–1896)

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“If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer, Counsels and Maxims

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Ferdinand Keller - Pond with swans at dusk (1899)

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Carl Moll - The Roman ruins in Schönbrunn (1891)

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-Lamia and the Soldier-

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