BALLERINA (2023) Dir. Lee Chung-hyeon

“I do not believe there is another world in which we shall have to “render account.” But we already have our account to render in this world — to all those we love.”

— Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1942-1951

The Peacock complaining to Juno (1881) by Gustave Moreau

"O demônio existe e se revela no ódio e na opressão. Antes de ter medo do pecado, meu filho, tenha medo da virtude, quando ela for triste e quiser limitar o homem. A virtude é o oposto da tristeza, o pecado é o oposto da alegria."

— Tieta do Agreste (1977), Jorge Amado

The Death of Sappho (1876) by Gustave Moreau

Reason to Live #12137

    To keep being silly. – Guest Submission

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Maximilian Liebenwein (1869-1926), 'Schwarzquell, Brauerei Zum St. Georg', 1907 Source

“Two centuries ago, a former European colony took it into its head to catch up with Europe. It has been so successful that the United States of America has become a monster where the flaws, sickness, and inhumanity of Europe have reached frightening proportions.”

— Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973) dir. TOSHIYA FUJITA

Roman Mosaic Floor, Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija, ca.2nd-3rd century CE, Seville, Spain

친절한 금자씨 // Lady Vengeance (2005)