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been reading Walter Benjamin and Baudelaire and as a matter of modern subjectivity its fascinating as a phenomena.
David Harvey wrote this on the matter: Baudelaire would be torn the rest of his life between the stances of flâneur and dandy, a disengaged and cynical voyeur on the one hand, and man of the people who enters into the life of his subjects with passion on the other
Feb 11, 2024
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If you hate overly contextualised author-focused analysis, and analysis focused on “deep” readings, Deleuze’s readings of literature such as the work of Sacher-Masoch, Proust and Kafka will be a breath of fresh air. His essay on Sacher-Masoch ‘Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty’ changed everything for me, and I really enjoy his book ‘Essays: critical and clinical‘ as well. Sometimes the person who best knows how to read a book is a philosopher lol.
Sep 23, 2024
In all seriousness there’s my life before this book and my life after this book.
So shamelessly focused on interior, domestic and the mundane but written in the most extraordinary prose style which worships at the shrine of the beauty of words. One of the best opening pages of all time (gonna post on here later) and completely changed my outlook on my own writing.
Also trivia, Leduc was a real writers writer and championed by the greats of her day, Cocteau, Genet and de Beauvoir to name a few.
Nov 5, 2024
I bought it when I was visiting my little brother in Paris and it was really crazy. When you start reading it you think he's just trying to be extreme for the sake of it, of disgusting you for no reason but to provoke a reaction. Then after a while you get into it and it becomes beautifully poetic and it feels pure.
Sep 18, 2024
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so much to talk about, the sunglasses, the scarf, the fresh baguette and coffee, the always lovely cafe setting. I think this is the most swag ever captured on camera I aspire to be at this level
Feb 11, 2024
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alright hear me out: carbonation and coffee with a squeeze of orange shouldn’t work, but it does. Been making them daily and i feel a lot better in the morning each time i do
Mar 7, 2024
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the greatest love song of the 21st century??? wait…. They don’t love you like I love you
Feb 25, 2024