"Be as artificial as possible"

Oscar Wilde: "The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible."

> from Charles Bernstein's A Poetics (1992)

> tagged with #advice, #authenticity

> created Mar 7, 2025 at 11:27:39 AM


> part of unfinished everything


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unfinished everything is an original work / ongoing project (1997-present) by jeremy p. bushnell

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