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Sometimes the best way to explore a city on foot is to simply wander, with no goal in mind other than to follow the sound of church bells, or drift across a leafy square.
Baudelaire on Beauty, Love, Prostitutes and Modernity In Baudelaire, beauty is horror, and horror, beauty. The source, or origin, of beauty doesnât matter. Beauty is what beauty does, and nothing can save us from its devouring force. The dark power of Baudelaireâs poetry in Le Fleur Du Mal/ The Flowers of Evil is best experienced when it disturbs and is difficult to access. Photo: anncapictures/Pixabay In his celebrated essay on Charles Baudelaire, The Aesthetic Dignity of the âFleurs du Mal’, the philologist, Erich Auerbach ended with a brilliant observation while addressin...