"The Neuschwanstein Castle is already fake and mostly an empty shell! Inspired by medieval castles it was built in the late nineteenth century on the neo-romantic initiative of Bavaria's crazy King Ludwig II. He loved wasting all the state's budget on building useless castles. In order to restore past glory that never had been in the first place. Guess he wanted to make Bavaria (a German dwarf state) great again. There is also an almost perfect 1:1 replica of the gigantic Versailles castle somewhere in Bavaria. When they finally managed to take away Ludwig's access to the state's money he became very depressed and drowned himself in one of his lakes. Just walked straight into the water dressed up in his full royal ceremonial gear''.
"To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places...To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away and never, never, to forget." ~ Arundhati Roy
Wednesday 23 October 2024
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