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Victor Pelevin. Beauty.

 
 
Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of Werewolf”
 
Anyone who wishes to understand the nature of beauty should first of all ask himself: where is it located?  Can we say that it is somewhere inside the woman who is considered beautiful?  Can we say, for instance, that there is beauty in the features of her face?  Or [...]

“…Or, perchance, my heart is dreaming?…”

 
Sergei Yesenin (4 Oct. 1985 – 27 Dec. 1925)

 
Silver bluebell, are you singing,
Or, perchance, my heart is dreaming?
Light from rosy icon flashes
Falling on my golden lashes.
 
Though I’m not that gentle infant
in the flapping splash of pigeons,
Yet my dreams are sweet and distant,
Somewhere in the woodland regions.
 
I don’t need the narrow house,
Word and mystery won’t welcome.
Teach [...]