an antidote to the emptiness of existence

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DECADENCE

[noun]

1. moral or cultural decline as characterised by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.

2. a process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay; turpitude.

3. often Decadence: A literary movement especially of late 19th-century France and England characterised by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations.

Etymology: from Middle French < Mediaeval Latin dēcadentia, equivalent to Late Latin dēcadent- (stem of dēcadēns), present participle of dēcadere, “to fall away”.

ART: Mother of Pearl by Gregory Halili

New Jersey-based artist Gregory Halili creates stunning bas-relief skulls delicately hand-carved and painted on mother of pearl shells.

Delicate Deer

Gouache on paper, 14” x 20”

Photographer Translates His Nightmares Into Surreal, Haunting Photographs