Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.
Louis Kahan
Louis Kahan
…But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only,
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.’
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.’
…
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.’
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.’
…


![A descent into the maelström; a tale ([1920])
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849Publisher: Paris : Devambez](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5x3atdX7k1qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)
![A descent into the maelström; a tale ([1920])
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849Publisher: Paris : Devambez](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5x3dijXs41qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)
![A descent into the maelström; a tale ([1920])
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849Publisher: Paris : Devambez](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5x391QZHs1qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)
![Graham’s magazine (1840)
Author: Graham, George R; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)Volume: 1844 (v.24-25)Subject: Literature; Literature, ModernPublisher: [Philadelphia : G.R. Graham]
http://archive.org/details/grahamsmagazine2425grah
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Edgar Allan Poe became the editor of Graham’s in February 1841 and soon was publishing the harsh critical reviews for which he became known. It was also where he first published “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, now recognized as the first detective story. After Poe left the journal, his successor was Rufus Wilmot Griswold, a man who bitterly disliked Poe. Graham’s began rejecting Poe’s submissions and passed up the chance to publish “The Raven”. Graham left his magazine for a time in 1848 and it eventually ceased in 1858.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%27s_Magazine](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5aewjWuaB1qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)
![The raven (1902)
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849Publisher: [n.p.]Language: English](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5adenXwRr1qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)
![The raven (1902)
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849Publisher: [n.p.]Language: English](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5adb39RHK1qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)
![The raven (1902)
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849Publisher: [n.p.]Language: English](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ada2oXSu1qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)