Elisabeth Tonnard, They Were Like Poetry (After a suggestion by James Joyce), Leerdam, 2014, Edition of 100 numbered copies

The Kiss of Death, Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona

There was madness in any direction

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.”

— Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

David Bowie, making The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1975, by Steve Schapiro. Shots from this scene were also part of the artwork for the cover of Bowie’s 1976 album Station To Station

Hiromi Suzuki, Five typewriter poems, «Utsanga», No. 21, October 2019

I dedicate these pages written with blood to the love, pain and death of my mother.

D'Annunzio, Notturno (1916)

The original handwritten lyrics to Joy Division’s “Isolation” by Ian Curtis

Going underground, Mike Goldwater

When it comes it's so, so, disappointing

You know what Lenin said about Beethoven's Appassionata, 'If I keep listening to it, I won't finish the revolution.' Can anyone who has heard this music, I mean truly heard it, really be a bad person?

The Lives of Others, 2006, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Ryuichi Yamashiro, 木木 Forest, 1955. From: Colorful Japan, 226 posters from the collection, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, September 7, 2019 – February 2, 2020

How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams... at the exact moment of our death. Everyone. And how much fits into 21 grams? How much is lost? When do we lose 21 grams? How much goes with them? How much is gained? How much is gained? Twentyone grams. The weight of a stack of five nickels. The weight of a hummingbird. A chocolate bar. How much did 21 grams weigh?

From: Paul De Vree: ‘Poesia Visiva’, Galerij De Zwarte Panter, Antwerpen, 1979 [Collection M HKA, Antwerp]

Chungking Express, 1994, Wong Kar Wai