ELIXIR

 

“I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.”

 

~ Ernest Renan ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a Roman glass bottle taken in July 1987.

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TOUCH THE PAST

 

“As the archaeology of our thought easily shows,

man is an invention of recent date.

And one perhaps nearing its end.”

 

~ Michel Foucault ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in September 1988.

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COMIC OPERA

 

“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity

is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”

 

~ Voltaire ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a Roman oil lamp, unearthed in a cremation burial, taken in September 1988.

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ALONE

 

“We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone.

Everything in-between is a gift.” 

 

~ Yul Brynner ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in May 1981.

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THE OTHER DAY DOWN IN HELL

 

“We are only born once – twice is not allowed –

and it is necessary that we shall be no more,

for all eternity…”

 

~ Epicurus ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken on the mountain Donnersberg in August 1983.

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ON

 

“But I just had to look having read the book,

I’d love to turn you on…”

 

~ John Winston Lennon ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in June 2016.

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THE END OF AN EMPIRE

 

“An intelligence that is not humane

is the most dangerous thing in the world .”

 

~ Ashley Montagu ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken on the mountain Donnersberg in August 1982.

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WHEN I STILL HAD TIME TO DREAM

 

“Lost time is never found again.”

 

~ Benjamin Franklin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken on the mountain Donnersberg in August 1982.

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LOOK BACK IN ANGER

 

“There is nothing so cruel in this world

as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

 

~ Haruki Murakami ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in the late 1980’s.

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CAPITALIST PIGS

 

“There are no owners in nature.”

 

~ Freequill ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in the late 1980’s.

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