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  1. Difficult Loves Italo Calvino ““The life that you live in order to photograph it is already, at the outset, a commemoration of itself.”” Italo Calvino on photography and the art of presence – triply timely today:

    Difficult Loves

    Italo Calvino

    “The life that you live in order to photograph it is already, at the outset, a commemoration of itself.”

    Italo Calvino on photography and the art of presence – triply timely today:

  2. The Life of the Mind Hannah Arendt ““Nothing and nobody exists in this world whose very being does not presuppose a spectator.”” The brilliant Hannah Arendt on being vs. appearing and our impulse for self-display – triply timely today, forty years...

    The Life of the Mind

    Hannah Arendt

    “Nothing and nobody exists in this world whose very being does not presuppose a spectator.”

    The brilliant Hannah Arendt on being vs. appearing and our impulse for self-display – triply timely today, forty years later, in the age of Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr: