“The animal, awake, has no fictional escape from the Real because he has no imagination. Man, awake, is compelled to seek a perpetual escape into Hope, Belief, Fable, Art, God, Socialism, Immortality, Alcohol, Love. From Truth [Medusa] he makes an appeal to Lie [Maya].” —Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore 1914 Image: Medusa by Caravaggio 1595 (via themissive) View high resolution

“The animal, awake, has no fictional escape from the Real because he has no imagination. Man, awake, is compelled to seek a perpetual escape into Hope, Belief, Fable, Art, God, Socialism, Immortality, Alcohol, Love. From Truth [Medusa] he makes an appeal to Lie [Maya].”

—Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore 1914

Image: Medusa by Caravaggio 1595 (via themissive)

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