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>Read many books
>Begin to dread the ocean

What fears have reading instilled in you?

>> No.10632338

>>10632331
Interesting question. I think reading has made me less scared generally. But I'll think more on this.

>> No.10632375

>>10632331
Since so many books have characters suffer for action, as in they become a slave to plot, reading has instilled in me a fear of motion. I'm afraid if I do anything but remain static.

>> No.10632394

>>10632331
But the sea is our great sweet mother, Anon!

>> No.10632403

>>10632375
curve your pretension

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>>10632394

The sea is our dissolution brother. It loosens the bonds of life.

>> No.10632449

I'm scared of myself

>>10632431
Where did life start ?

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>>10632449

>> No.10632464

>>10632331
>What fears have reading instilled in you?

Hyperinflation.

>> No.10632542

Fear of Poles (Kosinski).
Fear of mirrors (Borges, my photo diary desu).
Fear that I will never be not depressed.
Fear that I will never find my "calling" or develop a real interest in anything material because I've read too much and lived vicariously through so many different characters nothing feels new anymore.

>> No.10632548

>>10632331
I work on the oceans. Books have taught me to fear other people.

>> No.10632602

>>10632331
nice try bitch you gotta lower the definition and brightness of the water as it gets further away. Painting lacks depth 3/10

>> No.10632660

Book about the ocean or seafaring are some of my most favorite.

I deathly fear the ocean. Why would God create humans on a planet that they cant survive on 2/3 of it? Is it some cruel joke about our limits? Like a child playing with ants and placing them upon a floating log on a lake only to abandon them? Is it a test to push our limits outside of the firmament?

God had to know what he was creating when he made the earth, and all of the life on it. We weren't meant to be trapped here on this spinning ball in a vacuum like a animal in a cage. He wouldnt of created us in his image if He didnt believe that we, one day, will ascend to His realm.

>> No.10632691

>>10632660
Hey, don't be rude. We're pretty good at swimming, and we have this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_reflex

>> No.10632693

>>10632331
the fear that I will forever be a slow reader

>> No.10632696

>>10632331
you should fear the ocean desu

>> No.10632698

>>10632691
That's pretty cool. I didn't know about that.

>> No.10632749

>>10632542
>fear of Poles
why tho

>> No.10634101

>>10632602
She's a pleb who makes paintings from photographs, what did you expect? You should have instantly recognized the fact and written her off.

Or do you not paint?

>> No.10634604

>>10632331
trying to kill myself and failing or not die instantly

>> No.10634725

>>10634101
how is painting from a photograph any different from an old master painting from life?

>> No.10634739

>>10634725
painters get incredibly butthurt about other painters who are more realistic than they are

>> No.10634809

>>10632449
yeah, you are referring to the "oceanic feeling", but going on land we evolved an identity, which split our self in two: water and land