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John Huston & Sue Lyon on the set of The Night of the Iguana, 1963
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Page eleven of Joseph Conrad’s self numbered hand writtten copy of “Heart of Darkness.” His hand written copy, both the wording and page numbering do not match exactly with the published work. Though the following excerpt from the published copy on Project Gutenberg seems to generally match his hand written text above,
For the rest, after his hours of work, a casual stroll or a casual spree on shore suffices to unfold for him the secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing. The yarns of seamen have [start manuscript] a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut. But Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine.His remark did not seem at all surprising. It was just like Marlow. It was accepted in silence. No one took the trouble to grunt even; and presently he said, very slow—”I was thinking of very old times,[end manuscript] when the Romans first came here, nineteen hundred years ago—the other day …. Light came out of this river since—you say Knights? Yes; but it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker—may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf6af34b642b91f0e5d76c8f38622f2a/tumblr_mm7humWcgn1s4h016o1_500.png)
Page eleven of Joseph Conrad’s self numbered hand writtten copy of “Heart of Darkness.” His hand written copy, both the wording and page numbering do not match exactly with the published work. Though the following excerpt from the published copy on Project Gutenberg seems to generally match his hand written text above,
For the rest, after his hours of work, a casual stroll or a casual spree on shore suffices to unfold for him the secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing. The yarns of seamen have [start manuscript] a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut. But Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine.
His remark did not seem at all surprising. It was just like Marlow. It was accepted in silence. No one took the trouble to grunt even; and presently he said, very slow—”I was thinking of very old times,[end manuscript] when the Romans first came here, nineteen hundred years ago—the other day …. Light came out of this river since—you say Knights? Yes; but it is like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker—may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday.
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S. Crisostomo. 2011/ 2012
oil , gold leaf on linen cm 90 x 120
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Billie Holiday reading a manuscript of her autobiography, ‘Lady Sings the Blues’, 1956.
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Edvard Munch self portrait taken while undergoing treatment for his mental health at a clinic in Denmark, 1908-09
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