Write about your favorite author or book.
My favorite author is definitely Charles Baudelaire, I came across his poetry in middle school, studying it in literature, and I totally fell in love with it. I then bought the collection of poems: "the flowers of evil" , which I keep jealously in my library, occasionally I love to read again it accompanied by a cup of tea and some treat. I still remember the first poem I read in class: "The albatross", I remind that I was fascinated by the profound sense of rejection and misunderstanding that the poet perceived by readers and the allegories in the text as the same albatross that represents the poet.
The second book I bought last year is called: Artificial Paradises, I highly recommend it, it is a collection of different writings divided into three sections containing descriptions of the feelings felt after taking drugs such as hashish, opium and wine. The innovations of Baudelaire’s theories were immense, showing in him an extraordinary capacity for observation and a total adherence to life in all its forms.
I was enchanted by that book and rereading it is always a pleasure.
And that explains the choice of my name, I decided to call me MissOpium not for a strange reason but to pay homage to a chapter of my favorite book and to my favourite author.