Pierrot- the sad clown, pining for love of Columbine, who usually breaks his heart and leaves him for Harlequin .The Symbolists saw him as a lonely fellow-sufferer, crucified upon the rood of soulful sensitivity, his only friend the distant moon. In short, Pierrot became an alter-ego of the artist, specifically of the famously alienated artist...
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Pierrot- the sad clown, pining for love of Columbine, who usually breaks his heart and leaves him for Harlequin .The Symbolists saw him as a lonely fellow-sufferer, crucified upon the rood of soulful sensitivity, his only friend the distant moon. In short, Pierrot became an alter-ego of the artist, specifically of the famously alienated artist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. His physical insularity; his poignant muteness, the legacy of the great mime Deburau; his white face and costume, suggesting not only innocence but the pallor of the dead; his often frustrated pursuit of Columbine, coupled with his never-to-be vanquished unworldly naïveté
Things are getting closer to the sun and I've done things in small doses, Don't think that I'm pushing you away - You're the one that I've kept closest
THERE ARE NO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS - WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE??
"I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart. That's how it is with us. It's a shame, Kath'' Kazuo Ishiguro
Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes me a while to adjust.
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