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The trouble with being born

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Mount Etna, Fire and Stars
Fear, after all, is our real enemy. Fear is taking over our world. Fear is being used as a tool of manipulation in our society. Itʼs how politicians peddle policy and how Madison Avenue sells us things that we donʼt need. Think about it. Fear that weʼre going to be attacked, fear that there are communists lurking around every corner, fear that some little Caribbean country that doesnʼt believe in our way of life poses a threat to us. Fear that black culture may take over the world. Fear of Elvis Presleyʼs hips. Well, maybe that one is a real fear. Fear that our bad breath might ruin our friendships… Fear of growing old and being alone.
Gates of hell (Detail, 1703-1708), Giacomo del Pò
Bar Maddalena, Prato, Italy (1989), Stefano Giovannoni & Guido Venturini
The Palladium nightclub, mid 1980s, NYC with a mural painted in 1985 by Keith Haring
Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Untitled, New York #10, Photo by Mitch Epstein, 1996
William Klein, Smoke and Veil, 1958