narcissus fulfilled
I.
John William Waterhouse, "Echo and Narcissus" (1903)
Salvador Dali, "The Metamorphosis of Narcissus" (1937)
(Click on the paintings for larger versions. More about the paintings: Waterhouse, Dali.)
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II.
It could be said that the typical World Wide Web surfer today, sitting alone in front of a PC screen, is increasingly a monad with no direct windows onto reality, encountering only virtual simulacra, and yet immersed more than ever in a global communication network. The masturbate-a-thon, which builds a collective out of individuals who are ready to share the solipsism of their own stupid enjoyment, is the form of sexuality which fits these cyberspace coordinates perfectly.
–Slavoj Žižek, Violence (2008)
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III.
Dirait-on [Morton Lauridsen, from the song cycle Les Chansons des Roses, 1994. Poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke. Translation, about halfway down the page.] [Deleted]
Kiss Me, Son of God [They Might Be Giants] [Deleted]