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In Freudian theory, a predicament of the human condition is a protoconscious drive with a tendency to be drawn by either pleasure or pain.

Bernardino Mei
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Armin Haab (1919 - .1991)
Jacqueline Courvoisier, Atelier Herbst, Zürich, 1954
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“To speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.”
— Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
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set design for Cleopatra, 1909
Léon Bakst
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In the reeds, 1939. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.
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'We can only live hidden, exactly on the hermetic line that separates shadow and light.
But we become irresistible only in
front of the Light.
From a man who spent a lot of life
acrobatizing between'
-Words by κωνσταντίνα τυλιγαδα (Konstantina Tyligada)
Ph._____Francesca Woodman (detail)
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"The glory of the One who moves all things penetrates the universe with light." (Paradiso, I.1-2, trans. Anthony Esolen)
The Angels in the Planet Mercury Talon Abraxas
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From: Dora García: 'Language is Foreign', rialto6, Lisboa, September 16 – December 16, 2022 [© Dora García. Photo: © Vasco Stocker de Vilhena]


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From: Dora García: 'Language is Foreign', rialto6, Lisboa, September 16 – December 16, 2022 [© Dora García. Photo: © Vasco Stocker de Vilhena]

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Dora García. Conosco un labirinto che è una linea retta, Edited by Angel Moya Garcia, «Cataloghi», Quodlibet, Macerata, 2022 [Art: © Dora García]










Texts: Angel Moya Garcia, David Dorenbaum, Antonio Di Ciaccia, John McCourt, Piersandra Di Matteo, Michelangelo Miccolis, Biancamaria Frabotta, Carmelo Princiotta
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In chronological order of his visits, the modern geographic locations, the ten year journey of Odysseus took.
1. Troy (Hisarlik, Turkey) - After the Trojan War [2]
2. Ismarus (near Lake Mitrikon, Thrace region of Greece) [2]
3. Land of the Lotus Eaters (Djerba, Tunisia) [2]
4. Home of the Cyclops Polyphemus (Gozo, Malta) [2]
5. Aeolian island (Ustica or Lipari Islands, Italy) [2]
6. Laestrygonians (Levanzo, Italy) [2]
7. Circe's island (Monte Circeo, Italy) [2]
8. Underworld (Lake Averno, Italy) [2]
9. Sirens (Li Galli islands, Italy) [2]
10. Scylla and Charybdis (Strait of Messina, Italy) [2]
11. Calypso's island Ogygia (Gozo, Malta) [2][4]
12. Island of Scheria/Phaeacians (Corfu, Greece) [2][4]
13. Ithaca (Ithaki/Ithaca island, Greece) [2][4]
The detailed information on the potential modern locations that correspond to the mythical places described in Homer's Odyssey, based on scholarly interpretations and geographic clues.[1][2][4]
Citations:
[1] Ten years in the Med? The Hunt for the Real Odyssey Locations! https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/odyssey-locations-0016724
[2] Following The Trail Of The Odyssey In The Modern Day - Travel.Earth https://travel.earth/following-the-travels-of-the-odyssey-in-the-modern-day/
[3] The Geography of the Odyssey - | Lapham's Quarterly https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/geography-odyssey
[4] Homer's Ithaca - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer%27s_Ithaca
[5] The real-life island that inspired the world's oldest travel story - BBC https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240429-the-islands-that-inspired-homers-the-odyssey
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