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The trouble with being born

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From “Honey, we built Chernobyl or: a cigar-shaped shelter” group art show at Krakow, 2019
Death stands armed with spear and hourglass, 1634, etching by Hendrik Hondius I
The Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562.
Monica Belucci, 1992
Forwarded from alcoholic.exe
Here the older waiter distinguishes himself further from the younger waiter and aligns himself with people like the old man—people who need a light for the night in order to stave off despair and loneliness. For the older waiter, the café and other places like it represent order and safety during the questioning night. His work there brings him a sense of purpose that distracts him from thoughts about the kind of "nothing" that brings the old man such despair.
Housing development in Los Angeles in 1954.