It is astounding how I have systematically destroyed myself in the course of years, it was like a slowly widening breach in a dam, a purposeful action. The spirit that brought it about must now be celebrating triumphs…

Franz Kafka, The diaries: 1910-1923

16 Years of Alcohol, Richard Jobson, 2003

City lights

Off-topic

Vouïvre, Au Gouffre, 2017.

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

Floating head, Mary Taylor,  New York Studio, 1933

They look at each other for a frozen second, into which all time collapses.

In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai, 2000.

Jazz musician Chet Baker at the piano, Hollywood, 1954.

Promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. Miles to go, before I sleep.

To die thus, As once I saw him die — Vanquishing, destroying .
- Nietzsche, "Letzter Wille (Ultimate Will)" from the Dionysos-Dithyramben