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Brief reflections on "Ride the Tiger"Corrupt.org recently posted a profile of American writer H.P. Lovecraft. The above reminds me of his story The Hound, in which two men, bored and disillusioned, desperately try to find something worth living for:“The enigmas of the symbolists and the ecstasies of the pre-Raphaelites all were ours in their time, but each new mood was drained too soon, of its diverting novelty and appeal. Only the somber philosophy of the decadents could help us, and this we found potent only by increasing gradually the depth and diabolism of our penetrations. Baudelaire and Huysmans were soon exhausted of thrills, till finally there remained for us only the more direct stimuli of unnatural personal experiences and adventures. It was this frightful emotional need which led us eventually to that detestable course which even in my present fear I mention with shame and timidity - that hideous extremity of human outrage, the abhorred practice of grave-robbing.” If one does not project his efforts upward, he will as a consequence begin to project himself downward! For more on Lovecraft, see: http://www.corrupt.org/data/files/howard_phillips_lovecraft/
29 03 08 - 06:32
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