The picture below is called "Ancient of Days" and it's by William Blake

Too many of us, myself included, lack passion. In ourselves, our work, our relationships, to me it seems impossible to be passionate about all three at once, probably because the nature of that strong emotional bent is that its concentrated on a single source. This makes me sad.
I feel like Virginia Woolf, completely bogged down by my own emotions, my insecurities, my feelings of self worth. We share the same birthday after all. Feel feel feel.
Maybe I should put rocks in my pockets and walk into a river. Maybe I should just go read To the Lighthouse.

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William Blake is baller. Some of his work was in a copy of The Inferno I read and it was AMAZING. Definitely passionate.
My emotions are always bogging me down. I tend to read Edith Wharton at those times. Try it out, it's just as depressing :)
ohh she wrote ethan from right? ive bee wanting to read that for awhile, think its even lying around my room somewhere...
i fully sympathize with your post and know the feeling of passionlessness all too well :-(
also, agreed about william blake! he was a true genius - completely at odds with his time and absolutely devoted to forging his own philosophy and aesthetic regardless that's nothing like anything in western culture before or since. the marriage of heaven and hell is really really good.
i don't know if i've mentioned this book before to you, but it's called "The Moviegoer" by Walker Percy and I think you'd really love it especially in this kind of mood. It's reminiscent of The Stranger or Nausea but it's set in and around New Orleans during the 50s and Walker Percy is heavily influenced by Kierkegaard who I know you like a lot and also the novel has a more carefree, Southern attitude to it than those other brooding existentialist works. you should check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moviegoer
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