[I am] dealing not with the particular anecdote, but rather with the Spirit of Myth, which is generic to all myths at all times. (Mark Rothko)

[I am] dealing not with the particular anecdote, but rather with the Spirit of Myth, which is generic to all myths at all times.

Mark Rothko

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