Mystery vs Innocence
3, Sigmund Freud sees his mother naked, 1859.
6, Alfred Hitchcock’s father sends him down to the police station with a note instructing the officer in charge to lock him in a cell for five minutes, circa 1905.
11, Giacomo Casanova experiences his first orgasm, 1736.
17, Kurt Cobain leaves home and finds work as a hotel cleaner but is fired for sleeping in the rooms, 1984.
41, Columbus sails the ocean blue, 1492.
Innocence and Experience in the Atlantic Monthly (via growabrain)
The Hitchcock one is probably my favorite. His dad seems awesome.
October 20th 2008 - 9:44am