istanbul, since 1450

my invisible city

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illusion

for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, appearance to essence . . .

truth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred.

sacredness is in fact held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion increases,

so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.


in societies dominated by modern conditions of production,life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles.

everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation

just texts