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Space pools

"Being haunted by the myth of your own potential may be an artistic privilege but it's also a human predicament, and Cocteau felt it in a more menacing way than most. 'I've dreamed more than I've lived and it has taken on terrible proportions. The spectator can barely notice that I'm like an actor in someone else's play. And even this other is under orders from a mysterious schizophrenic who lives in us all, that most people manage to exorcise, or in whom they refuse to believe.'" - Cocteau by Anne Stillman, a review of 'Jean Cocteau: A Life' by Claude Arnaud, in London Review of Books, 13 July 2017 issue. Playing with gothic language in reference to space & psyche... #generallygothic #gothic #gothicspace #mentalhealth #mentalwellbeing #psyche #gothicspace #cocteau #jeancocteau #ezrapound #annestillman #claudearnaud #lrb #londonreviewofbooks #bookreview #bookstagram #french #france #poet #artist #booknerd #academic