Egoism is an attraction

Visiting London last month

I came across an interesting English artist

— Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Painter & Writer／1828 - 1882)

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He had two women

One was his wife

The other was his muse, an inspiration for his artworks

He disregarded his wife
Always went to the muse
His wife, depressed, overdosed and passed away at 32

He deeply regretted and
did a few things for requiem, or to compensate

One was
painting her portrait, which became one of his significant paintings

The other was
placing his unpublished poems in her coffin

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Years passed

He wished to release that poems in wife's coffin

He unearthed her coffin, opened it, took out the poems

And published

That poetry became the most successful & acclaimed work in his writing career

But for the rest of his life,
he suffered from the deep guilt

His mind collapsed into illness and addiction

And at the age of 53, he passed away

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.......Extraordinary egoism & Extraordinary selfishness

Yet, strangely "human"