Modern Decadence

Mesmerising impressions are free to those that can afford it and very expensive to those that can't.

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drömmer om tillstånd och far away places. baleariska öar, klippor och stränder. en villkorslös och fri vardag, delvis spenderad på gatan, delvis upplevd inne på klubbar, barer, caféer och restauranger via virtuellt inledda konversationer som blir till möten. jag vill bli golvad, av äldre personer som har behov av en aktiv lyssnare. jag vill höra om det förflutna som något subjektivt, spruckna drömmar och tankar, till en så hög grad att mina egna drömmar eller teorier spricker eller uppvisar genom anekdoterna, en potential i att leda vidare mot någonting som för mig ännu är osynligt. att evolvera, andligt, kroppsligt, metafysiskt... 

I realiteten, så som den verkar, spänner sig den tillfälliga oron i kroppen, över att se en tristessartad vardag mellan människor som lever för nära varandra, men också inför plikter, påtagna uppdrag, mot ett avgörande ögonblick som kommer vara länge, som faktiskt redan är. jag är snart klar. men det är alltid slutspurten som är det värsta.. goodbye 

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Zygmunt Bauman

In a liquid modern life there are no permanent bonds, and any that we take up for a time must be tied loosely so that they can be untied again, as quickly and as effortlessly as possible, when circumstances change - as they surely will in our liquid modern society, over and over again.

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Louise Bourgeois - Cell II, 1991 

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louise bourgeois

In Cell II (1991), Bourgeois encloses a mirrored table within a circle of old doors.  Upon the table are a sculpture of wringing hands, expressing worry and anxiety, with empty or nearly empty bottles of Guerlain’s famous perfume, Shalimar.The mirrored table could be a lady’s vanity where she would display her bottles of perfume. Shalimar could be the scent her mother wore throughout Bourgeois’ childhood. The mirror reflects the hands, contorted with distress, as are the stylized glass bottles, doubling the impact of both.  The wooden doors connect together as though they have joined hands, confining the memories and emotions associated with the objects inside, unwilling to release. The simple placement of an empty bottle can evoke so much.  Jacques Guerlain created Shalimar in 1921 on the heels of the end of World War I, when Bourgeois would have been 7 years old.  With notes of vanilla, bergamot, and iris, it is a perfume in the category of “Oriental” that was immensely popular at the time.  Shalimar epitomized elegance, taste, and romance.  It was the story of the Mughal emperor who built the Gardens of Shalimar for his great love in Lahore, and then the Taj Mahal, that inspired Guerlain to put forth this enduring classic. A perfume, inspired by the story of ideal love, is used up, has dried away in Bourgeois’ sculpture.  Yet the involuntary memory stirred upon smelling the perfume, much like Proust’s experience with tea and the madeleine, is irrepressible.  This is the power of scent.  All that is left are the tortured memories that do not wish to go away.

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JENNY HOLZER

From Inflammatory Essays, 1978 offset prints on colored paper 17 x 17 inches

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“We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infintesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no present. Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience. We are therefore out of touch with reality. We confuse the world as talked about, described, and measured with the world which actually is. We are sick with a fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas.”

Alan Watts (via echointhevoid)

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Lou Reed Photo by Mick Rock

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Perfectionism is very addictive because it is very seductive. It’s so great to think ‘There’s a way I can do things where I can never be held in judgment by other people, that I can totally escape criticism.’ But it doesn’t work.

Brené Brown, The Power of Vulnerability (via fyp-psychology)

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where the sea meets the sun

It has been found again - Eternity. It is the sea fled away with the sun. Let us whisper the confession of the night full of nothingness and the day on fire. from human approbation, from common urges; you diverge here and fly off as you may. since you may be alone, satiny embers, duty breathes without anyone saying : at last. Here is no hope. It has been found again - Eternity. It is the sea fled away with the sun. 

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diary writing

sometimes I think of my snuff as heroin (floating state of mind) ??? the long strive towards being a heroine (mein kampf-analysis) 1) a woman of distinguished courage or ability, admired for her brave deeds and noble qualities. moon_fish “princess elizabeth karadjordevic of yugoslavia decided that every woman has the right to be a princess - turned to sophia grojsman, matriarch of the perfume world to create a fragrance worthy of a queen (jasmine, iris, hyacinth, orange blossom) 2) the principal female character in a story, play, film etc  

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En sak jag har lärt mig: Praktiskt kan man stanna upp men psyket vill alltid resa. En till sak jag har lärt mig: Psyket trivs i mörker men är samtidigt rädd. En till sak jag har lärt mig: Psyket är dålig på att hantera saknad eftersom saknad är en känsla utan gräns. En till sak jag har lärt mig: Tid stryper känslor. Logisk slutsats: Psyket har ett komplex förhållande till gränser. Ologiskt resultat: Psykiskt utbrändhet kan uppstå om man spelar envis. En parentes: Relevansen av tid är sällan meningslös