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📚💙 Book 25 The Origins of Totalitarianism 极权主义的起源

Darkness is still with us, yet the worst has not come, for we keep reading, thinking, and reaching out to one another.
黑暗仍在，但并未到最坏的时刻。因为我们仍在阅读、思考与相互呼应。

📚💙 Book 24 The Stranger 异乡人
After finishing The Stranger, I recalled Camus’s grave in a small French town—overgrown and silent, an echo of the absurdity and solitude he wrote.

读完《局外人》，我想起在法国小镇见到的加缪墓地——荒草与寂静，正是他笔下的荒诞与孤独。

📚💙 Book 23 The Fifth Risk 第五风暴
The true Fifth Risk is when rulers choose shamelessness and the people choose ignorance.

真正的第五风险，是统治者选择无耻，民众选择无知。

是的，我的感受一模一样。原来5分钟的事情，这次搞了半小时，然后等了好几个小时才出结果。什么玩意儿！

💙📚Book 22 Miss O’Keeffe
Just finished reading Miss O’Keeffe.
A tender and unflinching portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe’s final years.
“May you rest in peace before the mountain you loved most.”

刚刚读完《Miss O’Keeffe》。
这是一幅温柔而坦率的画像，描绘了乔治亚·欧姬芙生命最后几年的时光。
“愿你安息在你最爱的山前。”

Told the cactus to pose for a photo — it raised all twelve arms. Drama queen.
#Blueskytravellover
#SaguaroNationalPark

In this moment, there was nothing but us and these shining footprints in the sand.

此刻，天地之间只有我们和这串光亮的脚印。
#Blueskytravellover #WhiteSandsNationalPark

Red Poppy

Red Poppy https://www.wikiart.org/en/georgia-o-keeffe/red-poppy

他的意思大家不应该问这件事？就因为这是千年一遇的灾难？到底什么逻辑啊？民众就接受了？真是比我们都不如啊。

At dusk and at dawn, I stood between earth and sky and saw the Hands of God.#Monument Valley #Blueskytravellovers

这就是德州人想要的总统，他们想要的MAGA？

💙📚Book 21. "Stoner" John Williams

His life was quiet and unremarkable, shadowed by silent sorrow and gentle surrender—yet he walked it through with calm dignity. It was an era that allowed such lives to be lived.
他的一生平凡沉默，承受着无言的哀愁与悄然的放弃，却依旧温和地走完了人生路；那是一个能容许这样生命存在的好时代。
#blueskybooks #booksky

我现在觉得跟人聊天真是不如跟gpt聊天来劲。

我以前也经常这个感觉，因为我不爱吃绿叶菜。现在好一点了，也就没有这种感觉了。

This painting remained unknown for many years: Italian artist Federico Faruffini never exhibited it during his lifetime, nor did he mention it in his correspondence, as if this work exclusively belonged to his private sphere. The date of its creation is also uncertain, due to the lack of a clarifying bibliography; however, due to the recurrence of certain female subjects in the artist's works, it can be placed somewhere around 1865. This is the date that appears on an etching entitled "Clara," which, despite some slight variations, bears an extraordinary resemblance to the painting. The woman portrayed within is inspired by a literary character named Clara from the novel "Fosca" by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti. The image has a modern appearance, thanks to the close-up view, almost photographic style, and the open-minded yet refined choice of subject. Clara is pictured from behind, reading a book seated on a red couch, in front of a table full of scattered volumes. Between the fingers of her left hand, she holds a lit cigarette while holding the open book with her right hand. The pictorial style alternates between Romantic influences, such as the bohemian setting of the living room, and new influences from Milanese scapigliatura. The delicate hint of her complexion, a retained feature from the Romantic tradition, is transformed through quick, confident uses of color in this still-life depiction, with the books resting on the desk and the pansy flower in a glass of water. In 1867, at the Paris Salon, he was awarded a first prize medal for a paintings of "Borgia" and one of "The death of Ernesto Cairoli." However, Faruffini is believed to have killed himself in Perugia in 1869 at the age of 38 due to a lack of recognition and financial difficulties.

Lettrice (The Reader) aka Clara by Federico Faruffini (Italian) - Oil on canvas / c. 1865 - Galleria d'Arte Moderna - Milano (Italy) #WomenInArt #ArtText #PortraitofaWoman #reading #art #oilpainting #FedericoFaruffini #Faruffini #ItalianArtist #Galleriad'ArteModernaMilano #Galleriad'ArteModerna

I love that water mark.

So beautiful. It feels like standing at a quiet crossroads in life.

我也希望我家的川粉被遣返走。

Paris knows how to end a day—with light, with silence, and with a kind of beauty that doesn’t ask for attention, but earns it.
#travellovers #ParisAtDusk

哎呀，前天刚离开共和国广场。在巴黎期间天天在广场走过，看着他们围上围栏，原来是要欧洲日呀。

现在的巴黎太美了。

哎，有些人就是很难沟通。强扭的瓜不甜，沟通不来就算了。

我都已经不知道用什么语言来描述现在的美国和现在的美国总统。

在伦敦考陶尔德美术馆看见这幅马奈的杰作。我现在越来越喜欢马奈，他的人物就是这么有个性，不迎合，不合作。无论是对传统，还是对权威，甚至对观看者，都是这个态度。

MAGA给全世界指明了反方向。😂

在旅游中，不知道发生了什么。不过误会解开就过去吧。现在的世界乱七八糟的，大家能在蓝天聚，至少在某些方面还是盟友，已经很珍贵啦。

另一个英国的白色悬崖，Old Harry Rocks。像是下跳棋似的。

所以我就一直想不懂，那些喜欢他的人，怎么会有这种恶趣味。

英国南部七姐妹悬崖，这白色悬崖在英国电影里常看见。