imagination - by Elaine - manners & mystery
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some thoughts on heartbreak and recovery
Ramon Casas, Decadent Young Woman After the Dance, 1899 “What we love is the idea we have of someone. It’s our own concept—our own selves—that we love.” — Fernando Pessoa While traveling in Lisbon last month, I stumbled upon Fernando Pessoa in the Jerónimos Monastery. I had some notion of his great stature in the Portuguese literary canon but mainly knew him as the guy with the weird glasses. Crossing paths with his corpse felt serendipitous, so I read some of his writing. His words have been churning in my brain ever since. The idea that love is tied to our image of our selves ran…
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