he is a roman city

Llewellyn 2022-04-23 07:02:28

He was wandering in the city of Rome, and the glory and success of the previous half of his life had woven a huge net, everyone knew him, and everyone had nothing to do with him.

He watched the city's decline and inevitable end—death, like himself, the rotten roots of vital roots, which eventually disappeared.

Sublime beauty and bliss are extremely beautiful and cruel words, they correspond to despair and great sorrow

Indulge every night at the cocktail party and dance floor, imagine the sea on the ceiling alone, madness and loneliness intertwined

Life itself is fictional, only the sea is real. Being the king of the upper class, overlooking the falsehood of all living beings, those elites in flashy coats talk about art, religion, and sacrifice, but their appearance is ugly and hypocritical.

When those people are no longer sincere, the angry girl's splash painting has turned into a performance, and the worship of the Virgin Mary has become the capital of social exposure.

He is the symbol of the city, he is the city of Rome, the city of Rome is him.

Once the Roman culture and art reached its peak, all European culture has its genes, and now it only has a vain appearance. What is the ending of the beautiful city in the past? Can it also become a spiritual and cultural shrine as it used to be? Can lost beliefs and cultures grow again?

In the end, Japan will be long, if you feel nothing, I am with you

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  • Jep Gambardella: Stefania, mother and woman. You're 53, with a life in tatters, like the rest of us. Instead of acting superior and treating us with contempt, you should look at us with affection. We're all on the brink of despair, all we can do is look each other in the face, keep each other company, joke a little. Don't you agree?

  • Egidio: There's my daughter, you see? She makes me so mad, I've told her a million times! You're too old for this! Now these hot young Polish girls rule the scene. They're experts at turning tricks. She's 42 and she wants to be a sophisticated stripper. But the world's no longer sophisticated. Right, Jep?