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Naved Abdali

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“He was eager to tell me about his latest work, which consisted of him vomiting on a footpath, then cordoning it off. Each artwork lasted until the first ‘philistine’ thought to take the rope down. ‘In that way, the philistine is drawn – whether he likes it or not – into my art. He becomes part of it…and the vomit part of him. Essentially, it is the cosmic vomit. We all spew it. It blurs the boundaries, subverts the liminal…”

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Book:Reveries of the Dreamking
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“Private enterprise, pursuing as ever quick profits from the vapid tastes of the market-place, eschews judgement, and rather than put its hand in the fire for excellence, puts its head in the rubbish for money. Many and many a fine work has been thus abandoned. 'Alas!' cry the mansion-dwelling entrepreneurs, weeping crocodile tears, 'The money ran out!' But it was not the money; it was the rats.”

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Book:Sketches from Bleak House
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“Si la plata era lo único que justificaba las muertes y si lo que han hecho la han hecho por plata y ahora la queman, quiere decir que no tienen moral, ni motivos, que actúan y matan gratuitamente, por el gusto del mal, por pura maldad, son asesinos de nacimiento, criminales insensibles, inhumanos [...] Pero todos comprendieron que ese acto era una declaración de guerra total, una guerra directa y en regla contra toda la sociedad.”

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Book:Plata quemada
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“We have been led to identify ourselves with our destructive side - and that which we have become identified, we overvalue and empower. This has been happening for many generations, reinforcing this harmful image of ourselves.”

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Book:The Time of the Black Jaguar: An Offering of Indigenous Wisdom for the Continuity of Life on Earth
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