meaning

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• Mar 18 Nothing Now but Kestrel Iris Murdoch, The Sovereignty of Good I am looking out of my window in an anxious and resentful state of mind, oblivious of my surrounding...
• Mar 2 What Withers Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (trans. Harry Zohn) Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time ...
• Feb 15 The Highest Justice Joseph Conrad, Preface to The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every...
• Jan 30 The By-Product Robert Henri, The Art Spirit The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture—however unreasonable this may sound. The p...
• Jan 21 The Only Question Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked others before this. You send th...
• Jan 20 The Demon and the Windowpane George Orwell, Why I Write Sheer egoism. Desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, to get your o...