"Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck"
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
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April 19, 2013
April 16, 2013
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed
"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have"
-Socrates
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Seven Deadly Sins: Anger
"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person die."
-Buddha
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April 09, 2013
Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth
That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided..
Horace, Satires
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April 06, 2013
Seven Deadly Sins: Lust
"I wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What I sought was the sense of being tossed about by some raging, savage force, in the midst of which lays something absolutely crucial. I had no idea what that was. But I wanted to thrust my hand right inside her body and touch it..."
Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the sun
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April 05, 2013
Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony
"Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
they gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax', said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave..."
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
they gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax', said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave..."
The Eagles, Hotel California
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April 04, 2013
Seven Deadly Sins: Pride
Pride or υβρις, according to ancient Greeks, is the original and most serious deadly sin, from which everything else derives. You may call it narcissism, you may call it arrogance, you may call it self-absorption. Is it of human nature? Of course.. Is it gratifying? Maybe..Is it forgivable? Probably not..
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"I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself"Michel de Montaigne
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Golden Lights
"I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant."
Oscar de la Renta
If you are an artist then you know that light is the first painter. There is no object that intense light will not render it beautiful. You may think that this applies only in paintings, photography or sculptures. But aren't you forgetting something?
With the right fabric all you need is some light and the magic begins..
Let your own shine,
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Oscar de la Renta
If you are an artist then you know that light is the first painter. There is no object that intense light will not render it beautiful. You may think that this applies only in paintings, photography or sculptures. But aren't you forgetting something?
With the right fabric all you need is some light and the magic begins..
Let your own shine,
Akroma
April 01, 2013
A cloud in my head
In 1899 Sigmund Freud introduced his theory of the unconscious in respect to dream interpretation. Dreams are the royal road to a timeless unconscious, providing us with a hallucinatory gratification of unmet desires, sinful or not. In ancient times, dreaming was considered a supernatural or divine communication, whose message could only be deciphered by spiritual minds. Nowadays, over a century since Freud's time and people still seek to find a meaning to their bizarre dream residues. Be it a simple click on online dream dictionaries or a visit to the closest psychoanalyst, dreams will definitely unfold lots of information.
Of course, the purpose of this article is not to indulge in such a discussion, but merely to set the context. What happens when the lovely fleeting muse of inspiration decides to pay you a visit during the REM sleep? Chances are you won't even remember her in the morning.. Shame, I know.. But if you do remember her, then a masterpiece could be brought to life. Such an example was Giuseppe Tartini's "devil's trill sonata". In 1713, he dreamed he made a pact with the devil in exchange for his soul. Devil gave him a servant that could play the violin so astonishingly beautiful, beyond the boldest flights of fantasy, that enraptured and enchanted him. He immediately woke up and wrote the melody on his violin, claiming to be the best music he had ever composed.
There are many similar examples. My point? Embrace your fantasies, free your minds, expand your consciousness and don't be afraid to create. Art is a subjective form of beauty. Fashion as well..As long as you like it, it is beautiful.
Of course, the purpose of this article is not to indulge in such a discussion, but merely to set the context. What happens when the lovely fleeting muse of inspiration decides to pay you a visit during the REM sleep? Chances are you won't even remember her in the morning.. Shame, I know.. But if you do remember her, then a masterpiece could be brought to life. Such an example was Giuseppe Tartini's "devil's trill sonata". In 1713, he dreamed he made a pact with the devil in exchange for his soul. Devil gave him a servant that could play the violin so astonishingly beautiful, beyond the boldest flights of fantasy, that enraptured and enchanted him. He immediately woke up and wrote the melody on his violin, claiming to be the best music he had ever composed.
There are many similar examples. My point? Embrace your fantasies, free your minds, expand your consciousness and don't be afraid to create. Art is a subjective form of beauty. Fashion as well..As long as you like it, it is beautiful.
Akroma
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