“Even if they could convince me that in December 2012 we would come to the end of the world, t
“Even if they could convince me that in December 2012 we would come to the end of the world, this would not prevent me having a child in November, nor from writing poetry, nor from planting a tree, because I don’t do these things just for the future of the earth, I do them because it means already taking part in eternal life.”~ Fabrice Hadjadj[Sibelius Amongst Saplings, 2010 - Billy Childish] • Fabrice Hadjadj is the director of the Philanthropos Institute of Fribourg. He is the author of over ten books and plays. He was born in France of Jewish parents, from Tunisia. He defines himself as “a Jew with an Arab name, belonging to the Catholic faith.” More: https://humanumreview.com/articles/rediscovering-the-language-of-wood-why-cant-we-just-substitute-be-fruitful-and-multiply-with-connect-and-download • Billy Childish is a British artist, writer, and musician. He is known for his Expressionist paintings which resemble the work of both Edvard Munch and Peter Doig. Childish co-founded the Stuckism art movement along with Charles Thomson in 1999, which promoted the use of Modernist pictorial ideals and personal expression over Postmodernist cynicism. More: http://www.artnet.com/artists/billy-childish/ -- source link
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