not for the life of me.

[figurative_fire]

This imagination which knows no bounds is henceforth allowed to be exercised only in strict accordance with the laws of an arbitrary utility; it is incapable of assuming this inferior role for very long and, in the vicinity of the twentieth year, generally prefers to abandon man to his lusterless fate. - Andre Breton, Manifest du Surrealisme.

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[holdthepickels]

breton is fucking sick, surrealism is the deepest stuff around

[figurative_fire]

haha i'm reading it for french lit.its pretty intense in a second language. you can never be quite sure you know what they're saying.
have you read the manifesto?