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Teaching Beauty
If beauty could be taught to people, it would be a weapon against resignation, fear and immortality. You get used to the existence of horrible buildings suddenly, with all their squallor, from speculative operations, you put blinds on the windows, plants on the porch, and soon you forget what those places were like before,..That’s why we should educate people about beauty…
— Peppino Knead
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If the world is ending ~ fall in love with every aspect before it is gone. Take this as a sign to finally let it hurt, and let it burn, and let it be beautiful all over you.
Try not to harden your heart. Politely refuse the darkness until you are not scared of being impolite and looking it in the eyes and saying “Not today. Not now. Not here. I am too busy letting my heart live…
We are not society’s expectations…we are spirits yearning to find freedom within the constraints of a society that has never loved us. Yet, the world has always loved us ~ so love it back…
~ i.e. kali ~
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…dream incubation was considered to be a cutting-edge technology even well into the time of the Roman Empire. Invalids, looking for a cure, would go to sleep in the temples of Asclepius, god of healing, in order to receive curative dreams. The specific location was important…
