“Hear this, you creators: to esteem is to create! Esteeming itself is of all esteemed things the most estimable treasure. Through it alone is there value, and without it the nut of existence would be hollow.”

—F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Part One, “On the Thousand and One Goals” (edited excerpt).

Henri Cartier-Bresson. A couple sleeping on a train. Romania, 1975

“The man of knowledge must not only love his enemies, but also be able to hate his friends. One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”

—F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Part One, “On the Gift-Giving Virtue, §3” (edited excerpt).

This was what Manhattan would look like in 1980, according to the 1930 film Just Imagine: different traffic levels, pedestrian bridges, skyscrapers, airplanes, and dirigible landings.

Nuclear Test Area, Northern End of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, 1996

Russian acting president - Alexander Rutskoy and his followers with AKS-74U's during the Russian constitutional crisis. Moscow, 1993

Warm lights for cold nights