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~ Torso of Venus.

Date: A.D. 1–200

Culture: Roman

Marble: Marble

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By 2000 BCE the Western core looked much like it had done a thousand years earlier, with Egypt unified under a god-king and Mesopotamia split into city-states under kings who were at best merely godlike.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris

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“I am always between two worlds, always in conflict. I would like sometimes to rest, to be at peace, to choose a nook, make a final choice, but I can't. Some nameless, undescribable fear and anxiety keeps me on the move. On certain evenings like this, I would like to feel whole. Only a half of me is sitting by the fire.”

— Anaïs Nin, from “The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934.”

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sylvia plath | as consciousness is harnessed to flesh, susan sontag | invitation, mary oliver | imaginary conversation, linda pastan | birthday, andrea gibson | good bones, maggie smith | the painted drum, louise erdrich | mouthful of forevers, clementine von radics | new year’s eve, maggie smith

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Susan Sontag, "In Plato's Cave", On Photography [transcript in ALT]

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susan sontag, as consciousness is harnessed to flesh

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susan sontag, on women

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Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980; February 17th, 1970

Text ID: I don't feel guilt at being unsociable, though I may sometimes regret it because my loneliness is painful. But when I move into the world, it feels like a moral fall—like seeking love in a whorehouse.

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-Virginia Woolf

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BELLE DE JOUR 1967 | dir. Luis Buñuel

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Virginia Woolf, from The Waves

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Me every time I see a British person type y’all: he would not fucking say that

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The Vampire Lovers (1970) | Dir. Roy Ward Baker

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Plaque from the lid of a coffer showing Tutankhamun (c.1370-52 BC) and his wife Ankhesenamun in a garden, New Kingdom (painted ivory)

Egyptian 18th Dynasty

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Anhinga By: Doug Gruenau From: Natural History Magazine 1984

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Quattro strade, dir. Alice Rohrwacher (2020)

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Mary Oliver, "From West Wind." Devotions