“Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion.” Mata Hari
Use Your Illusion
Photography OCD
A somewhat healthy obsession with photography
“Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion.” Mata Hari
Sometimes it’s funny to be Russian and myopic. At first I read: Life is illusion. Lets dance.
Lets dance, Mike!
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I’m dancing as fast as I can Alena! 😉
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I guess the joke is on us then.
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But that joke isn’t funny anymore, it’s too close to home and it’s too near the bone. It’s too close to home and it’s too near the bone. More than you’ll ever know …
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Sounds ominous, Mike. You okay?
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I trust you to Google my obscure references if you don’t get them immediately. Its Morrissey from the album Meat is Murder.
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Ohhhh…sorry. Too exhausted tonight. Shouldn’t try to respond when I’m like this.
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I appreciate your concern VJ, thanks. The Smiths also sang How Soon is Now, the title of my shadows post.
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Your ability to remember and connect all these quotations is impressive, Mike. I do well to remember my name.
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Put it this way, if you drop a box of toothpicks I probably wont be able to tell you how many fell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kthFUFBwbZg
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Not a savant then?
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Nope.
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Moi aussi
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C’est la vie. 😉
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Breathtaking light – how do you always find the perfect quote?
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Thanks Laura. I look at the image and decide what its saying to me. Sometimes I have an idea in mind and think about it on the way home.
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When death doesn’t scare you anymore you know for sure:
You have become the ultimate dangerous person you have ever known
Someone who doesn’t have anything left to lose
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We have nothing to lose as it is, the important thing is to realize that.
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Sometimes we do have a lot to lose. Love, friendship and more
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We lose things in life, at some point we will lose everything including our body. Since everything is temporary and fleeting it might be best not to get too attached to anything. Non-attachment is like having a 50 year old bottle of scotch and not being able to drink it because you’re sober. Its frustrating but the better choice, for me anyway.
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They say, you need to lose everything in order to find yourself. I think the quote is pretty appropriate
You are right, everything is temporary.
Nothing changes, everything revolves
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They also say you need to die to be reborn but I’m having a lot of trouble with that one! 😉
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This made me laugh and sad at the same time. Don’t die.
I would miss all these amazing photographs 😒
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I’m pretty sure the idea is not to die literally but thanks!
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My life is pretty real.. Just an illusion makes the thought of life sad as if you exist on the outskirts. 😉
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I won’t argue with you about reality Lisa, I mainly chose the title because its a Guns N’ Roses album.
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