musica universalis

 

“The only truth is music.”

 

~ Jack Kerouac ~

 

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the nectar of nature’s beautiful bounty

 

“Humanity is a cancer on the body of the world.”

 

~ Scott Westerfeld ~

 

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rise up

 

“Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.”

 

~ Socrates ~

 

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virus

 

“This virus is shrewd in its camouflage

   and unabashed in its cruelty.”

 

~ Aysha Taryam ~

 

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slabber

 

“It is the dirt within men’s hearts that is most offensive;

the filth you cannot see.”

 

~ Jocelyn Murray ~

 

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happy ending

 

“Words of snow, which fell last year.”

 

~ German Proverb ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in Paris in September 2017.

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the milk of human kindness

 

“The universe is a pretty big place.

If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”

 

~ Carl Sagan ~

 

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que sais-je?

 

“Je pense, donc je suis.”

 

~ René Descartes ~

 

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circle game

 

“Humanity is the refuse of spirit.”

 

~ James Lendall Basford ~

 

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a sea of humanity

 

“Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever

in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.”

 

~ Kenneth E. Boulding ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of art on a preserved section of the Berlin Wall taken in Berlin in January 2018.

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the fragment of a tear

 

“Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates

the number of stupid individuals in circulation.”

 

~ Carlo M. Cipolla ~

 

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love your world

 

“Reality is merely an illusion,

albeit a very persistent one.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

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might have made a difference

 

“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught,

and the last river is polluted; when to breathe

the air is sickening, you will realize, too late,

that wealth is not in bank accounts and that

you can’t eat money.”

 

~ Alanis Obomsawin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an analog photo taken in November 1991.

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HEART

 

“The human heart is a strange vessel.

Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

 

~ Scott Westerfeld ~

 

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FOUR BEFORE TWELVE

 

“Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie

every environmental problem we face today.”

 

~ Jacques Yves Cousteau ~

 

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SING

 

“Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody,

it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.”

 

~ Janis Joplin ~

 

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MUSICA UNIVERSALIS

 

“The only truth is music.”

 

~ Jack Kerouac ~

 

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CORNU COPIAE

 

“All animals are equal,

but some animals are more equal than others.”

 

~ George Orwell ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a fragment of painted Roman wall plaster depicting what is possibly an empty cornucopia taken in January 2016.

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THE NECTAR OF NATURE’S BEAUTIFUL BOUNTY

 

“Humanity is a cancer on the body of the world.”

 

~ Scott Westerfeld ~

 

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AN ILL CONCEIVED UNNATURAL BLASPHEMY

 

“The world Is not dangerous become of those who do harm

but because of those who look at it without doing anything.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

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