Alphabetarion # Disillusionment | Karl Jaspers, 1952
Tyler Hobbs, Return to Zero 0.7, 2021 “Life is illusion, disillusionment is destruction.” Karl Jaspers, Tragedy is not enough, 1952
Illusion
Maelzel’s Chess Player / The Turk | Wolfgang von Kempelen, 1769 – Edgar Allan Poe, 1836
The automated chess player "The Turk," as depicted in an engraving. . "Maelzel's Chess Player" (1836) is an essay by...
Alphabetarion # Hallucination | Roland Barthes, 1980
Moorish tessellations, Alhambra de Granada, 1936. "I am trying to render the special quality of this hallucination..." Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida,...
On [:] Exalt | Alexander Pushkin, 1799–1837
Leonid Pasternak: Alexander Pushkin at the seashore, 1896 . "Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths." Alexander...
Alphabetarion # Illusions | Elizabeth Bowen, 1899-1973
Optical illusion, 1850s "Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we...
Days [ ) Illusion | Voltaire, 1756
unknown "O gift from heaven! tender love! sweet desire! We are still happy with your image: Illusion is the first...