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sebastienneMake a wish, and see yourself on stage, inside out, a tangle of garlands in your hair.
Never age. Never die. Live forever in that one white-hot moment when the crowd screamed.
To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
What can I add to a week like this? I know that I lose so much, so quickly, and am left with mere factual knowledge about things I once felt so keenly. I should document this week, this term, this life, so I can look back and remember. This should never be forgotten.
But all I could document, really, are the facts. How this feels, I haven't the art to express. So it will pass, as every other moment. But I have savoured it, sucked out its marrow, and that makes all the difference.
(ps: play "spot the reference!" with this post. myeternal love momentary admiration to anyone who can find them all without googling.)
Never age. Never die. Live forever in that one white-hot moment when the crowd screamed.
To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
What can I add to a week like this? I know that I lose so much, so quickly, and am left with mere factual knowledge about things I once felt so keenly. I should document this week, this term, this life, so I can look back and remember. This should never be forgotten.
But all I could document, really, are the facts. How this feels, I haven't the art to express. So it will pass, as every other moment. But I have savoured it, sucked out its marrow, and that makes all the difference.
(ps: play "spot the reference!" with this post. my
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Date: 2008-06-28 06:09 am (UTC)1.?
2. Soul Music.
3. Walter Pater's 'Renaissance'
*prepares to be educated on 1*
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