Despite the illusion of giving understanding, what seeing through photographs really invites is an acquisitive relation to the world that nourishes aesthetic awareness and promotes emotional detachment.
Susan SontagI feel inauthentic at a party. ... Going to a party is a 'low' activity - the authentic self is compromised, fragmented - one plays 'roles.' One isn't fully present, beyond role-playing. One doesn't (can't) tell the full truth, which means one is lying, even if one doesn't literally tell lies.
Susan SontagMad people = People who stand alone and burn. I'm attracted to them because they give me permission to do the same.
Susan SontagArt is not consciousness per se, but rather its antidote- evolved from within consciousness itself.
Susan Sontag