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The Backstories And History Of 10 Famous Paintings
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918): Death and Life, 1910, reworked in 1915, oil on canvas, Leopold Museum, Vienna
Gustav Klimt’s large painting ‘Death and Life’, created in 1910, features not a personal death but rather merely an allegorical Grim Reaper who gazes at “life” with a malicious grin.
This “life” is comprised of all generations: every age group is represented, from the baby to the grandmother, in this depiction of the never-ending circle of life.
Death may be able to swipe individuals from life, but life itself, humanity as a whole, will always elude his grasp. The circle of life likewise repeats itself in the diverse, wonderful, pastel-coloured circular ornaments which adorn life like a garland.
Gustav Klimt described this painting, which was honoured with a first prize at the 1911 International Art Exhibition in Rome, as his most important figurative work. Even so, he seems to suddenly no longer have been satisfied with this version in 1915, for he then began making changes to the painting—which had been framed for long by that time.
The background, reportedly once gold-coloured, was made grey, and both death and life were given further ornaments. Standing before the original and examining the left interior edge of Josef Hoffmann’s frame for the painting, one can still discern traces of the subsequent over-painting, which was done by Klimt himself.
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Law enforcement can tell when suspects are lying, usually beginning with an initial 911 call or first interview.
“The 911 call and initial statements are among the most important pieces of evidence should a case go to trial,” said Stacy Dittrich, a former Ohio police detective, crime expert and author. “The entire case can build from those few sentences.”
Here are the most tell-tale signs, revealed.
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22 Years Old and Already Burnt Out…
Every single goddamn day is just the same thing. Wake up early, battle through rush hour traffic, sit at work rotting away behind a desk for 8 hours, killing your eyes staring at a screen until they’re in pain and sore, then battle through rush hour traffic again to get home. I feel bad even asking for a single day off, so I have to keep working. All I ever do is work. One single day off for a holiday and then it’s back to work. My entire day is gone. The weather is so beautiful nowadays and I can’t even be outside to enjoy it. The best part of my day and the best years of my life are being sucked away from me before my eyes.
I’m only 22. I’ll never be this young or have this much energy again. I’ll never be in such good health again. And I have to waste it all away stuck behind this desk in this shitty 5 day in a row 40 hour work week. Did I mention I’m also taking classes at the same time. 4 days a week I have to go to class for 3 hours right after work and I have another class on Saturday morning. So there goes the rest of my free time. The weekend is way too short and doesn’t even feel like a weekend.
I’m supposed to be enjoying my life. I’m supposed to be making memories to look back on when I’m old and weak and dying. Instead I’m wasting everything away working myself to death and killing myself with these goddamn classes. I haven’t had a break for months. I never get to do anything fun anymore. I’m completely isolated and alone here. I have no friends in this shitty city. All of my college friends forgot about me even though I only graduated 10 months ago. I have no time for fun and no time for anything. What the fuck is the point of this life? I can’t even remember the last time I was happy. It’s just work work work work study study study study day after day after day after day, no break ever. I’m so fucking sick and tired of it. I’ve bought a rope and I’m just waiting for the day I can take this all away. I’m so fucking tired. I’m so fucking done.
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The Dumping Grounds
You Can’t Run Away From Yourself
“Wherever you go, there you are.” This simple yet profound observation points to an important life lesson: that while we can change our outer circumstances, we always travel with our inner baggage.
What does this mean? No matter where your travels take you, for better or worse you bring your habitual patterns of thinking and feeling. Your strengths and gifts as well as your flaws and challenges remain a part of your experience.
The Glorious Carnage of Fist of the North Star
Face it, we anime fans are a bloodthirsty bunch. And no film brings the gory goods like 1986’s Fist of the North Star. This movie is a feast for the eyes and ear drums, serving up enough over-the-top hyperviolence to satiate even the most depraved animation geeks.
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