As often as not , it seems to be assumed that man has his being independently of his passions. I affirm, on the other hand, that we must never imagine existence except in terms of these passions... ...We are discontinuous beings, individuals who perish in isolation in the midst of an incomprehensible adventure, but we yearn for our lost continuity. We find the state of affairs that binds us to our random and ephemeral individuality hard to bear. Along with our tormenting desire that this evanescent thing should last, there stands our obsession with a primal continuity linking us with everythi

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Wow! I'm blown away by RetroAtelier. The anonymous photographers behind this site have devoted themselves utterly to recreating the various photographic styles of the early 20th century and have even organized them decades. Director of the site is a man named Alex Galushkoff. Marvelous stuff, and really, really well done. RetroAtelier

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