‘I wish to go beyond the fire that burns me.’

Petrarch, Il Canzoniere (Song Book), sonnet ( 1330-1374)

Léon Spilliaert, 1927

33 99

‘How strange it is to be standing leaning against the current of time.’

W.G. Sebald, Schwindel (Vertigo), 1990

Léon Spilliaert, Vertigo, 1908

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Leon Spilliaert, Venice, (1932)

22 143

‘He speaks truly who speaks the shade.’ - Paul Celan

Speak, You Also | Léon Spilliaert, De duizeling, 1908

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"They dreamed of pursuing her. As they twisted and turned, each of them lost her. After the dream they set out in search of that city; they never found it, but they found one another."
-Italo Calvino, "Cities and Desire"

[Leon Spilliaert, Vertigo, (1908) ht ]

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Léon Spilliaert,
Young girls on the beach (Jeunes femmes à la plage), 1924

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Leon Spilliaert, Hibou, 1918

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Leon Spilliaert, Hibou, 1918

22 88

Gentleman Cap! He was begging to be a superhero.

Rt "Thursday Self Portrait with Red Pencil, by Léon Spilliaert, 1907-1908

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Leon Spilliaert, Hibou, 1918

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