Of noble natures, of the gloomy days

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S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse \ A persona che mai tornasse al mondo \ Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse, \ Ma perciocchè giammai di questo fondo \ Non tornò vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero, \ Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo.

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What is one book or film that you have deeply connected with? asked by awritersruminations

Film: Bergman’s “Såsom i en spegel” crippled me for days afterwards, as did Haneke’s “La pianiste”. It seems that I can only connect with art if it leaves me scarred in some way (which is all too rare a thing).

Book: In non-fiction, Simone de Beauvoir’s “Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée” moved me spectacularly at a young age, and I revere it still. Similarly, Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground” mirrors my own vital philosophies in a manner only capable by Russian nihilism.

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  2. awritersruminations said: I am still haunted by La Pianiste. I watched it last year and I’m still not over it. Maybe great art annihilates us a bit, maybe that’s what we crave.
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