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“The role of the artist is exactly the same role, I think, as the role of the lover. If you love somebody, you honor at least two necessities at once. One of them is to recognize something very dangerous, or very difficult. Many people cannot recognize it at all, that you may also be loved; love is like a mirror. In any case, if you do love somebody, you honor the necessity endlessly, and being at the mercy of that love, you try to correct the person whom you love. Now, that’s a two-way street. You’ve also got to be corrected. As I said, the people produce the artist, and it’s true. The artist also produces the people. And that’s a very violent and terrifying act of love. The role of the artist and the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see. Insofar as that is true, in that effort, I become conscious of the things that I don’t see. And I will not see without you, and vice versa, you will not see without me. No one wants to see more than he sees. You have to be driven to see what you see. The only way you can get through it is to accept that two-way street which I call love. You can call it a poem, you can call it whatever you like. That’s how people grow up. An artist is here not to give you answers but to ask you questions.”

— James Baldwin, “The Black Scholar Interviews James Baldwin,” Conversations with James Baldwin (edited by Fred L. Standley and Louis H. Pratt)

#james baldwin

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Edward Burne-Jones // Cupid's Hunting Fields (details)

#art #edward burne jones

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The Bath of Venus (1898-1904, oil on canvas) | Charles Shannon

#art #charles shannon

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a season in hell, arthur rimbaud

june desk :v)

17.06.26. autumn may be my favourite season, but there is something romantic about studying in early summer. the days are getting longer and the fruit is getting sweeter. i have been taking advantage of this and making lots of crumbles and yoghurt bowls now that the stress of term is over. i also took a quick trip home to scotland, which was as beautiful as always. now back at my desk in london and ready to tackle my very long summer reading list