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Sep052012

Priorities

“The demiurge ... has no monopoly of creation, for creation is the privilege of all spirits. Matter has been given infinite fertility, inexhaustible vitality, and, at the same time, a seductive power of temptation which invites us to create as well. In the depth of matter, indistinct smiles are shaped, tensions build up, attempts at form appear. The whole of matter pulsates with infinite possibilities that send dull shivers through it. Waiting for the life-giving breath of the spirit, it is endlessly in motion. It entices us with a thousand sweet, soft, round shapes which it blindly dreams up within itself.… There is no dead matter ... lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life. The range of these forms is infinite and their shades and nuances limitless. The Demiurge was in possession of important and interesting creative recipes. Thanks to them, he created a multiplicity of species which renew themselves by their own devices. No one knows whether these recipes will ever be reconstructed. But this is unnecessary, because even if the classical methods of creation should prove inaccessible for evermore, there still remain some illegal methods, an infinity of heretical and criminal methods. ... The Demiurge was in love with consummate, superb, and complicated materials; we shall give priority to trash.’”

—Bruno Schulz, "Treatise on Tailor’s Dummies"

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    This picture is looking very terrifying but interesting as well. Because I hope everyone will wish to know about this natural process of our nature. So if anyone is familiar with it then he must comment here to tell other readers about it. Some basic details are described here as well ...
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