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This little life of ours

This little life of ours

Dedicated to addiction, Amy Winehouse, and the fetishisation of pain

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Sep 22, 2024
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What is it that makes the pain of others, and especially of artists, so attractive?

The picture above shows the state of my bedroom wall in 2014 when I had just moved to London and had just begun to fidget with independence, or at least my idea of it, which included long stretches of uninterrupted daydreaming, 11 am wake-up alarms with abundant snoozing,…

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