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Fountain from a Mies Van Der Rohe chair by Soft Baroque . . . . #softbaroque #etageprojects #artaschairs

“Nothing. You began as nothing and you will end as nothing. And in between—everything, and nothing. In between—joy and sorrow, beauty and decay. Everything yours to partake of yours to bear. Yours to see, to know, to give birth to—and to let go. None of it yours to have. Not even you are yours to have.... See more

‘Loving Chair’ by Shimpachro Ishigami, 1988 #ChairOnly

A similar homology applies to the term “terrorism.” During the period of Jewish struggle against the British military in Palestine, “terrorist” had a positive connotation. In the late 1940s, American newspapers ran an advertisement with the headline, “Letter to the Terrorists of Palestine,” wherein the Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht wrote, “My... See more