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“I burn, I pine, I perish.”

— William Shakespeare, from The Taming of the Shrew: Act I, Scene I

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Adoration by Stephen Sinding

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“A lot of people, me included, only have so many creative hours inside them every day. It’s a little thing that gets replenished every day—but just a certain amount, like a jug of water. That’s your water for the day. No matter how much you wish there was more water in that pitcher, it’s just like, “No, it’s empty, but it’ll probably be full tomorrow if you do your other responsibilities and take care of yourself.” I learned and accepted that creative work is a finite thing. I used to treat it like an infinite fountain that I would just bathe in for 14 hours a day, but then I realized I’m just sitting in it. There’s no new water coming out of the fountain.”

— Musician Bill Callahan on trying to become a better human – The Creative Independent

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[...] such delicious sense of possession.

Shirley Jackson, Hangsaman

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figurine of st. joan d'arc by princesse marie-christine d'orleans, french c. 1836.

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— Vita Sackville-West, from “Solitude.”

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Ghismonda with the heart of Guiscardo detail, (1650) by Bernardino Mei

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Marie-France Pisier in Trans-Europ-Express, 1966

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"Les Signes du Zodiaque," Le Filet Brodé (No. 5), c. 1900

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The Fall of Icarus by Bernard Picart, 1731

Museum of Fine Art, Boston

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INDIAN SUMMER (1972) dir. Valerio Zurlini Sonia Petrovna as Vanina Abati

“The beautiful Sonia Petrovna, in the role of her life, embodies Vanina with fragility and distance, a symbol of unattainable purity in a decaying world.” (x)