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Mother Time

2019-12-16 · 736 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Mother Time — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "One of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the num
Mother Time — pen and ink drawing

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"One of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of man." – Jorge Luis Borges, in "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" (1940).

"While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phæton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death." – Martial, "Epigrams" (c. 80-104 AD), Book VI, Epistle 15.

"I am, a spectator, so to speak of the molecular whirlwind which men call individual life; I am conscious of an incessant metamorphosis; an irresistible movement of existence, which is going on within me – and this phenomenology of myself serves as a window opened upon…

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