To Justify Immortals

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“There are some individuals who have too strong a craving, a will, and a nostalgia for happiness ever to reach it. They always retain a bitter and passionate aftertaste, and that’s the best they can hope for.”

— Albert Camus, Correspondence, June 18, 1938

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St. George and the Dragon (1516) by Vittore Carpaccio (National Gallery of Art)

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'Under Monet's Pond' by Eiko Jones

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Kevin Lenaghan, “Stairway”, “Glass Palace”, and “Crystal Stairway” (2021)

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Henri Biva (1848 - 1928) 

Villeneuve-l'Étang embrumé

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Cat’s Eye Nebula taken on May 4 in 2002

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'Winter', Wilhelm Kray (German, 1828-89)

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'The Swan Maidens' (1894), Walter Crane (English, 1845-1915)

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“People who read much must always keep it in mind that life is one thing, literature another. … It is a common belief, for example, that any writer who sings of suffering must be ready at all times to open his arms to the weary and heavy-laden. This is what his readers feel when they read his books. Then when they approach him with their woes, and find that he runs away without looking back at them, they are filled with indignation and talk of the discrepancy between word and deed. Whereas the fact is, the singer has more than enough woes of his own, and he sings them because he can’t get rid of them.”

— Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible

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Medieval Gold Heart-shaped Brooch with sword clasp, c. 1400. 

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Love and War by Moonlight : Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, the war god’s namesake, come together by moonlight in this serene skyview, recorded on July 11 from Lualaba province, Democratic Republic of Congo, planet Earth. Taken in the western twilight sky shortly after sunset the exposure also records earthshine illuminating the otherwise dark surface of the young crescent Moon. Of course the Moon has moved on. Venus still shines in the west though as the evening star, third brightest object in Earth’s sky, after the Sun and the Moon itself. Seen here above a brilliant Venus, Mars moved even closer to the brighter planet and by July 13 could be seen only about a Moon’s width away. Mars has since slowly wandered away from much brighter Venus in the twilight, but both are sliding toward bright star Regulus. Alpha star of the constellation Leo, Regulus lies off the top of this frame and anticipates a visit from Venus and then Mars in twilight skies of the coming days. via NASA

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Nymph and Satyr (1920) "Marble, unknown measures" [Private collection] -- Edward Francis McCartan (American; 1879 - 1947)

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Cat in the moonlight, c. 1900 by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

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Wall, Barcelona

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