The floor is my canvas and I am the brush.
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“The artist is the creator of beautiful things.”
— Oscar Wilde, “Preface”, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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oscar wilde
- had three middle names
- spoke five languages
- was sentenced to prison for sodomy
- was 16 when he had his first kiss
- loved to travel
- had an eidetic memory
- lied about his age on his marriage certificate
- held seances at his house
- spoke with his hand in front of his mouth bc he was embarrassed by how supernaturally white his teeth were
- kept a vase of flowers on his writing desk to neutralize the smell of his ashtray
- had a passion for interior design and aesthetics—his drawing room was painted blue and covered in dragons, he even pressed feathers into the plaster to make it look cool
- the kids at his school called him “grey crow”
- one of the reasons he didn’t commit suicide was bc he was afraid he would go to hell for it
- his favorite word was ivory
- his last words were “i am in a duel to the death with this wallpaper, one of us has got to go”
- his grave, in paris, has become the target of mass quantities of lipstick kisses. no lie. it’s literally covered in lipstick stains. and a sphinx. he also asked to be buried with his former lover’s ashes
There’s nothing like burying your head into the flowers if you’re bothered by something. The aromatic scent of them really helps you deal with the troubles of Victorian life.
“What do you think has happened to Basil?” asked Dorian, holding up his Burgundy against the light, and wondering how it was that he could discuss the matter so calmly.
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“She has always lived in a world of make-believe,”
— T. S. Eliot, from Poems & Plays: 1909 - 1950; “The Family Reunion,”
“Postoji japanska izreka koja mi se dopada: koi no yokan. Ne znači ljubav na prvi pogled. Više je ljubav na drugi pogled. To se javlja kada nekoga upoznate i osetite da ćete se zaljubiti u tu osobu. Možda se niste zaljubili u tom trenutku, ali to je neizbežno.”
— Nikola Jun, I sunce je zvezda
Volim svoje i poštujem tuđe
Tvrdiš da poštuješ “tuđe” sve dok ti kćerka ne prizna da voli upravo tog tuđina… Tada ono tvoje poštovanje nestane, i ti joj zabraniš svaki kontakt sa njim dok ona plače i objašnjava ti koliko se oni vole. I sve to jer eto ne molite se na istom mjestu,oni bi u crkvu a vi u džamiju. Vjerujete u istog Boga ali se međusobno mrzite,dok izgovarate kako volite svoje i poštujete tuđe. Ali ono najbitnije vi ste potpuno zaboravili,ne postoji “vaše” i “tuđe” već samo naše,ljudsko… Zašto ste toliko primitivni? Kako uopšte možete na taj način razmišljati,koliko gluposti i mržnje može stati u vas? Ne ti ne voliš svoje niti poštuješ tuđe,jer da voliš “svoje” bio bi osoba puna ljubavi a ne mržnje,ti samo hraniš svoj ego tim “svojim”. Naravno da onda nisi u stanju da poštuješ “tuđe”,kada u suštini ne poštuješ ni to svoje.Iako su sve te podjele i gluposti potpuno nepotrebne,svaki dan sve ih više nastaje a vi vjerujete da su te razlike stvarno tu…Jedina podjela ljudi koju ja priznajem je podjela na dobre i loše ljude. Ali i na pametne i glupe, nažalost pametna vrsta je u manjini i izumire…
Ali jebiga, nastavite sa mržnjom❤️
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