Walter Benjamin noted that the aura surrounding an object signals that it returns the gaze; he simply forgot to add that the auratic effect arises when this gaze is covered up, "gentrified" - the moment this cover is removed, the aura changes into a nightmare, the gaze becomes that of Medusa. http://jujutsu-with-zizek.tumblr.com/post/21376624364/do-you-eavesdrop-what-others-say-about-you-zizek (art by elle shushan)
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