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Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts
18 May 2025

Sein zum Tode: Notes on the Case of Ellen West and the Work of Ludwig Binswanger

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Ellen West (1888-1921) [1]   'She looked in death as she had never looked in life; calm, happy, and peaceful.'   I.    I've bee...
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9 May 2025

Thoughts Inspired by Three Short Stories by Chōkōdō Shujin

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(The Tripover, 2025)  Note: all page numbers in this post refer to this edition.     I.    Our friends at The Tripover have a new book out; ...
4 Apr 2025

Dark Spring: In Memory of Unica Zürn and a Brief Note on a New Exhibition Reimagining Her Legacy

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Photo of Unica Zürn by Man Ray (1956) and a flyer for the  Dark Spring - syzygy exhibition ft. Vicky Wright's V-Effekt (2024)    ...
25 Dec 2024

Darkness On Christmas Day: Notes on Arthur Koestler (Overrated Novelist, Parapsychologist, Alleged Rapist, etc.)

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Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983) Photographed by Ida Kar (1959) National Portrait Gallery   Nobody can write guiltlessly ... I.    There are s...
26 Sept 2024

Give Me Convenience and Give Me Death

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The Sarco Pod : every home should have one ...     I.    Some readers might recall a news story from late 2021 which reported that someone ...
31 Jan 2024

Three French Suicides: In Memory of Olga Georges-Picot, Christine Pascal, and Gilles Deleuze

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Christine Pascal, Gilles Deleuze & Olga Georges-Picot     I.   Last night, on TV, they were showing one of my favourite films: the Briti...
25 Jun 2022

Stone Me, What a Life! (A Brief Post in Memory of Tony Hancock)

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The Lad Himself Anthony [Aloysius St John] Hancock  (1924 - 1968)     On this day in 1968, the English comic actor Tony Hancock committed su...
15 May 2022

Notes on Crosby and Crane: Pin-Up Boys of the Lost Generation

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Harry Crosby (1898-1929) and Hart Crane (1899-1932)   La plus volontaire mort c'est la plus belle.     I.    The initials HC mean diffe...