Thoughts on { Narcissism, Love & Well-being | Erich Fromm, 1956-60
Caravaggio, Narcissus, 1594-1596 “The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation...
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Thoughts on { Roses | Proverbs from Around the World
André Edouard Marty, The Scent of Roses, 1924 "It is the belief in roses that makes them flourish." French Proverb...
Thoughts on { Distortion | Marcel Duchamp
Henri Matisse, Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Stripe), 1906 "Distortion came first from the fauves, who, in turn,were under...
Thoughts on { Possessions | Marie Kondō
Alain Biltereyst, untitled "The process of assessing how you feel about the things you own, identifying those that have fulfilled...
Thoughts on { A Picnic | Cyril Connolly | Mary Pope Osborne | Roy Lichtenstein | Olga Kurylenko | Elizabeth Enright | Alice Walker | Richard Brautigan | Tom Barrett | Dolly Parton
Édouard Manet, The Luncheon on the Grass, 1863 . “The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles,...
Thoughts on { Typing | R. L. Stine / Joyce Carol Oates / Isaac Asimov / David Sedaris / John Irving / Kurt Vonnegut
F.H.K Henrion, Olivetti Poster, 1950s "I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid...
Thoughts on { The Window | Walt Whitman / Edith Wharton / George Eliot / Anais Nin / George Bernard Shaw / W. M. Thackeray
Grace Cossington Smith, London window 1949 or 1950 “Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.” Edith Wharton, Artemis...
Thoughts on { Bicycles | Arthur Conan Doyle / Samuel Beckett / Ernest Hemingway
Northampton Cycle, 1899 ”When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly...
Thoughts on { Forget | Edgar Allan Poe / John Lubbock / Friedrich Nietzsche / Carl Jung / Charles Bukowski / Jorge Luis Borges
Paul Klee, Forgetful angel, 1939 “If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing...
Thoughts on { Rabbits | John Steinbeck / Margaret Atwood / Edith Sitwell / George Orwell / Confucius
Lembesis Polychronis, Child with Rabbits, 1879 . "Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle...