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existence in flux
January 12th, 2009
existence in flux, originally uploaded by s t e r n f a h r e r.
existence in flux, originally uploaded by s t e r n f a h r e r.
“Don’t you feel the same way? When I cannot see myself, even though I touch myself, I wonder if I really exist.”
- Estelle (No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre)
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Tags: being, existentialism, life, nothingness, portraits
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separating man from myth
December 22nd, 2008
separating man from myth, originally uploaded by s t e r n f a h r e r.
separating man from myth, originally uploaded by s t e r n f a h r e r.
“One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed up on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love”
- Pride, U2
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sometimes I wonder. Separating the divinity from the man, Jesus Christ still remains an extraordinary figure in history. And I always stop at the crucifixion. Why did he allow himself to be in that position? Surely he could have done more good alive rather than dead? Was he liberating mankind or placing a terrible burden on it?
Did he believe in earnest that, if always responding to hate and suffering with absolute and unconditional love, that they would not crucify him, that they would come to their senses? Did he ask the father to forgive them, when he realized that, in their murderous frenzy, their hatred, they saw nothing of the love or suffering, only their false rage?
Did he forsee that the symbol of his crucifixion would become a burden of guilt on all to follow? To remember when you felt rage, that rage had already been felt. When you felt hate, that hate had already been felt and dealt with, with love and forgiveness?
But here we are today, still not free from that hate or suffering that led to the crucifixion. Repeating mistakes over and over. Was it all futile? Which way is forward?
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Tags: divinity, freedom, guilt, ideas, Jesus Christ, life
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on the rise of the void towards the periphery
December 13th, 2008
on the rise of the void towards the periphery, originally uploaded by s t e r n f a h r e r.
on the rise of the void towards the periphery, originally uploaded by s t e r n f a h r e r.
“Structure.
Sign,
and Play.
Exit.
No Exit.
This Way >
< That Way
Up ^
Down V
Behind you
Every path you walk …
Every road you make _
Every choice you tread . . .
Every hope you breathe ^V
Riddled in doubt ~
Lost in time *
Lost in space ( )
Lost in spacetime ( * )
Lost in timespace *()*
Where am I?
Who are you?
What are we?
One
A r e w e t h e r e y e t?
Are we there yet?
Arewethereyet?”
Tags: Baudrillard, Derrida, ideas, structure sign and play
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