On [:] Rid | Evgeny Shvarts, 1944
Martina Heiduczek . “Let me tell you: the only way to get rid of dragons is to have one of...
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On [:] Button | Jenny Offill, 2014
shirt button card . “There is a story about a prisoner at Alcatraz who spent his nights in solitary confinement...
On [:] Chastity | Vincent van Gogh, 1888
Gustave Courbet, The Woman in a Podoscaphe, 1865 . "Rubens, ah, there you have it, he was a handsome man...
On [:] Close | Franz Kafka, 1915
Franz Kafka, Self-portrait with his Mother, 1911 . "He had come very close to forgetting, and it had only been...
On [:] Rainbow | Aberjhani, 2014
Rainbow in the morning from Journeys through Bookland - Charles Herbert Sylvester, 1922 Illustration: Iris Weddell White . “Dare to...
On [:] Season for strawberries | Clarice Lispector, 1977
Joel Meyerowitz, Strawberry Seller, Rue de Buci, Paris, 1967 . “But don't forget, in the meantime, that this is the...
On [:] Smell | Bret Easton Ellis, 1991
Carlota Guerrero, 2015 María Morgui’s project ‘habitar’ Light . “And though the coldness I have always felt leaves me, the...
On [:] Specific | Theodor W. Adorno, 1903-1969
Charley Toorop, Nocturnal square with singer and strings, 1938 . "The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to...
On [:] Pure | Alan Hollinghurst, 2004
Alida Valli, Senso, 1954 / Director: Luchino Visconti . “He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love.” Alan Hollinghurst,...
On [:] Longings | Susan Sontag, 1964-80
Fabienne Nuyteens-Perin, Library, 2021 . “My library is an archive of longings.” Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: ...