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Leaving traces of ourselves, as in creative productivity, could then be seen as part of the definition of consciousness for us as well. We know that in order to progress we must stretch for something just out of reach—if only for a life that will be more compassionate and decent than the cruelty, paranoia, greed, narrow corporatism, or narcissism we mostly indulge in and find such ample justification for. And so we dream.

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Breyten Breytenbach

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Born: September 16, 1939
Died: November 24, 2024 (aged 85)
Bio: Breyten Breytenbach was a South African writer and painter of great eminence. He was informally considered as the national poet laureate by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans of the region. He also holds French citizenship.
Known for:
  1. All one horse (1990)
  2. Mouroir (1984)
  3. A season in paradise (1980)
  4. A veil of footsteps (2008)

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