“All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other.” – H.P. Lovecraft
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Barker’s Bodies
One of the 2 images I created to use as platforms to present quotes from one of my greatest literary influences, Clive Barker. A horror author who’s work manages to be both transcendental & visceral, he has penned such modern classics as The Hellbound Heart (Hellraiser), The Books Of Blood (various films including Nightbreed, Candyman, Midnight Meat Train and Dread), Imajica, The Thief Of Always (along with Abarat as children’s books), The Great And Secret Show, Cold Heart Canyon and many more.
Presented here is “Male.” The “Female” piece can be viewed at http://antius777.deviantart.com/art/Barker-s-Bodies-female-203611992 , but since it contains the image of a woman’s nude torso, you’ll only be able to view it if you have a DeviantART account with the correct settings.
Freedom…
“I find comfort in knowing I am an insignificant grain of sand on an infinite beach, that I am not special or important. The idea that a higher consciousness would be watching over me every moment, judging and controlling, is what I would define as terrifying. But Camus had it wrong – it is not a a dichotomous choice between Revolt or Suicide when facing the Absurdity of the universe. No, I simply embrace the chaos and claim utter freedom.” – Brian Fatah Steele
Madness…
“It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill. It’s a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I’m all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I’ll always remain half crazy.” – Vincent van Gogh
On Literary Elitists…
A scholar named Wang
Laughed at my poems.
The accents are wrong,
He said,
Too many beats;
The meter is poor,
The wording impulsive.
I laughed at his poems
As he laughed at mine.
They read like
The words of a blind man
Describing the sun.
– Han-shan, Taoist poet
An Esoteric Darkness 