does darkness drive us? - by Isabel - Mind Mine
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the good, the bad, and the ugly of human behaviour
Nude Descending a Staircase, Duchamp 1912 They say that sunlight is the best disinfectant. Much of human behaviour has already been cast into the sunlight—aired out, heavily examined—the not-so-sensitive stuff is squeaky clean. But it’s rarely butterflies and rainbows at the root of our behaviour and decisions, so what about the deeper stuff? My interest has always been piqued by the edgy, the mysterious, the complex. Basically: by anything that requires untangling. This mostly manifests itself in my desire to understand what drives human behaviour, in all its ominous complexity: Desire,…
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