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The House of Incest

Anaïs Nin-Hugh Guiler House in Louveciennes, Paris

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Anaïs Nin-Hugh Guiler House in Louveciennes, Paris
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Also see: Louveciennes and Le Vésinet

Stories with giant disembodied heads, sometimes floating...

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It is a curious thing: there are giant disembodied heads that pop up in stories. What's the symbolism here? I'm not thinking of giant video screens or holographs (The Wizard of Oz, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Star Wars). I'm thinking real giant heads. The biggest of
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Leonardo da Vinci: wedding planner, and Isabella d'Este

Leonardo da Vinci: wedding planner, and Isabella d'Este

One of those little known things about Leonardo da Vinci is that at age 40 he was hired as a wedding planner. While it confirms that he was a man of many talents, it also shows a man who enjoyed life and it contradicts the popular image of him as
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Gen Z and psychic anxiety: blame boomers

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I believe young people are almost invariably right about political matters and that older people are almost invariably wrong. I am old but I'm right about this. I like to think I'm a fox who can be a hedgehog too [ ]. I believe Gen Z are psychically
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  • Women in Trousers
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