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The Mind Thing
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I think perhaps awful and yet I am intrigued.
“The word ‘pain’ is in the word ‘painting.’” - Brice Marden
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Consolation, by Edvard Munch. Such beauty. Interesting to compare to similar picture “the Vampire” which Munch painted with a similar idea in mind (only that the woman seems to be consoling the man, giving him a kiss on his neck) but which was then named “the Vampire” by another writer/companion of his/can’t remember… illustrates power dynamics and a certain fear of women gaining power at the time (early 1900)
His eyes, staring up into the abyss, had gone flat like deflated balloons. If a lover’s eyes are a clear mountain lake, Byron’s were a stagnant pond. His mouth twisted open in a silent scream.
Caitlin Doughty • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
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Emotional pain stems from the body’s contraction in response to the loss or disruption of a loving connection.