p. 86
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During the last years of the war I went to live in BROOKLYN in the most forlorn region of the oceanic tragic city, in Williamsburg, near the bridge. Brooklyn gave me a sense of liberation. The vast view of her sky, in opposition to the narrow one of NEW YORK, was a relief — and at night, in her solitude, I used to find, intact, the green freedom of my own self.

— Joseph Stella

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "During the last years of the war I went to live in BROOKLYN in the most forlorn region of the oceanic tragic city, in Williamsburg, near the bridge. Brooklyn gave me a sense of liberation. The vast view of her sky, in opposition to the narrow one of NEW YORK, was a relief — and at night, in her solitude, I used to find, intact, the green freedom of my own self." in the context of "p. 86" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Joseph Stella

About Joseph Stella

Joseph Stella (June 13, 1877 – June 11, 1946) was an Italian-born American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America.