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“Reason is a good thing, that’s indisputable, but reason is only reason and satisfies only the rational abilities of a man, whereas desire is a manifestation of one’s whole life, that is, all of human life, including reason and including all its little itches.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

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Pam Grier in Friday Foster, 1975

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“Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.”

— Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

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Henri Matisse’s studio, Hotel Regina, Nice, 1948

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Halley's Comet Tails, 1910

Mount Wilson Observatory

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Male Nude Model. 1793-94.  Pauline Auzou French 1775 – 1835. black chalk on paper.       http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Persian Carpet/ Hosseinabad pattern/ Iran

Twin carpets/ size: 6m/ price: ~800$

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CONJUNCTION (Canvas, Bic)-the idea of bringing together opposites to achieve harmony and synthesis, representing a central theme in alchemical philosophy and symbolism.

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Jameh Mosque/ Isfahan/ Iran

Photography: Sadegh Miri

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Hariri House/ Tabriz/ Iran

Photograph: Taher sattarnejad

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"Waiting" by Valentin Scherbakov (1940s)

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Country Kitchens, 1991

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Unknown Artist / Maker

Bust of a Man

Italy, Rome

Date:c. 1650

Object Type:Bust

Medium:Black, white and jasper marble

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Black marble bust of a young African woman, with white tunic and jasper cloak & headdress, made in Italy in 1650. Neither the model nor the maker have been identified. (Wallace Collection)

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Antique African indigo wax cloth