Remember How The Greeks Said Ars Longa Vita Brevis, Art Is Long, Life Is Short, And How In The Secret

remember how the Greeks said ars longa vita brevis, art is long, life is short, and how in The Secret History the kids toast to an eternal life with Julian, and how we try to make our lives into something more meaningful and lasting through the having of children and the having of grandchildren so our time on earth does not feel like a total waste of time, and how my professor asked us to name our grandparents and greatgrandparents and how no one could, and how the artist in us want to mould our art to reflect ourselves so that we too can have the eternal life, and how no matter what you do or try there will never be an eternal life because fame will always have an ephemeral nature and things will always perish, but also how art can be rediscovered and transport the feelings of one person to another without losing any of its significance, and how I am now sobbing because art is long but life is so very short.

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