Thurs. 29/9 - Sat. 16/10 2010

Lethargy Lost

Clara Chon and
Yi-Zhen Lai-Tremewan

"In languages that derive from Latin, 'compassion' means we cannot look on coolly as others suffer; or, we sympathise with those who suffer. Another word with approximately the same meaning, 'pity' , connotes a certain condescension towards the sufferer. 'to take pity on a woman' means that we are better off than she, that we stoop to her level, lower ourselves."
- from The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

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