the absurdity of it all

 

“We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode

in the blissful repose of nothingness.”

 

~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~

 

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le penseur

 

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”

 

~ Voltaire ~

 

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bleach boned and hollow skulled

 

“Death is the greatest illusion of all.”

 

~ Osho Rajneesh ~

 

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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 ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a natural calcite formation taken in the Musée de Minéralogie in Paris in May 2018.

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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 ~

 

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a simple truth

 

“Concerning matter, we have been all wrong.

What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration

has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses.

There is no matter.”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a recycled flower bed taken on the Canary Island of La Palma in May 1994.

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shroom

 

 

“People who experiment with psilocybin report it as

one of the most profound experiences they’ve had in their lives…”

 

~ Paul Expert ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of a single Psilocybin mushroom taken in October 2015.

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hopes and dreams

 

“The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable.

The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.”

 

~ Ajahn Sumedho ~

 

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in her i had everything

 

“A thought that sometimes makes me hazy:

Am I – or are the others crazy?”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of the mineral Sepiolite taken in Paris in May 2018.

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points of light

 

“I know there is infinity beyond ourselves.

I wonder if there is infinity within.”

 

~ Charles Lindbergh ~

 

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the fragment of a tear

 

“Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates

the number of stupid individuals in circulation.”

 

~ Carlo M. Cipolla ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in May 2019.

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GRAVITY

 

“Because there is a law such as gravity,

the Universe can and will create itself from nothing.”

 

~ Stephen Hawking ~

 

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PORTAILS PARALLÈLES

 

“What if, instead of a parallel universe,

there’s a perpendicular universe?”

 

~ Robert Breault ~

 

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WASTED OPPORTUNITY

 

“…people choose to live in darkness, praying for a candle,

when all they really have to do is open their eyes…”

 

~ nightpoet ~

 

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UNIVERSYMPHONY

 

“May night continue to fall upon the orchestra.”

 

~ Andre Breton ~

 

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IN HER I HAD EVERYTHING

 

“A thought that sometimes makes me hazy:

Am I – or are the others crazy?”

 

~ Albert Einstein ~

 

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POEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF A BLACK HOLE

 

“There are many black holes, and there are many universes.

Life is a never ending circle, and so too, is death.”

 

~ Anthony T. Hincks ~

 

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THE GREAT DYING

 

“Our planet is currently undergoing a mass extinction

of species called the Anthropocene – the Age of Man.”

 

~ Louie Psihoyos ~

 

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POINTS OF LIGHT

 

“I know there is infinity beyond ourselves.

I wonder if there is infinity within.”

 

~ Charles Lindbergh ~

 

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THE EXPERIMENT

 

“We are like butterflies that flutter for a day and think it is forever.”

 

– Carl Sagan ~

 

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