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Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology (1943) is a philosophical treatise by Jean-Paul Sartre that is regarded as the beginning of the growth of existentialism in the 20th century. [...] The work [...] sought to disprove George Berkeley's famous contention that "Esse Est Percipi", or "to be is to be perceived".
"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche View On Black
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Café de Flore sits just off the Boulevard Saint-Germain, on the Rue Bonaparte.Historically, it has been famed for its intellectual clientele.
The classic Art Deco interior of all red seating, mahogany and mirrors has changed little since World War II. Like its main rival, Les Deux Magots, it has hosted most of the French intellectuals during the post-war years. It is said that Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir would meet here and discuss their philosophy of existentialism over a drink
Coming from Stratford East early in 1999 walking along the tow path. Limehouse Cut. A painting by Andrew Smith which seemed timeless. Walking into a corporate island.
I saw this duck having an existential crisis in the Scotmid down the road from me. It made me happy.
Bob Solomon (September 14, 1942 – January 2, 2007), with dog on leash, was the best professor I ever studied under. I took his existentialism class at the University of Texas during the summer of 1976. Words cannot express how good a professor and human being he was. Here we share a keg of Shiner beer that Bob bought for us after an exam. Learn more about Bob here and here and here and here plus many other places on the net.
My video-poem on YouTube: youtu.be/whuBQMQ6gxc
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This started as a couple of short night-time clips.Then it became a poem. Then it became a video-poem-song. I knew from the beginning what I wanted to show and say. The music was a surprise but it lightens what might have seemed heavy. In actual fact, despite appearances, although the video is quite serious and solemn, it is not gloomy. It examines in a poetic way something which is scientifically true for everyone. The conclusion is surprising but it is undistorted veracity.
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Tutto iniziò con un paio di brevi clip di notte. Poì divenne una poesia. Poi divenne un video-poesia-musicata. Sapevo sin dall'inizio ciò che volevo mostrare e dire. La musica era una sorpresa, ma alleggerisce ciò che potrebbe sembrare pesante. In realtà, nonostante le apparenze, anche se il video è molto serio e solenne, non è cupo. Esamina in modo poetico qualcosa di scientifico che è vero per tutti. La conclusione può sembrare sorprendente, ma indica una verità non distorta.
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Es begann alles mit ein paar kurzen Clips in der Nacht. Dann wurde es ein Gedicht. Dann wurde es eine Video-Poesie in Musik gesetzt. Ich wusste von Anfang an, was ich zeigen und erzählen wollte. Die Musik war eine Überraschung, aber aufhellt, was schwer scheinen mag. In der Tat, entgegen allem Anschein, auch wenn das Video sehr ernst und feierlich ist, ist es nicht düster. Es untersucht in poetischer Weise etwas, das wissenschaftlich sachlich für alle ist. Die Schlussfolgerung mag überraschen, aber eine Wahrheit unverfälscht geben.
This is my second sculpture based on the themes of towers and existentialism. It began with Christopher Titus’ podcast episode “Secede Please”. At the point that it was released, Obama had just been voted in for his 2nd term as President of the U.S. and some states decided they wanted out. This links to my theme of existentialism because around two thirds of those states’ population had made the choice of not voting. The television with wires trapping the bird represents the effect of the media on America. One dollar bills have George Washington (fore-father of America) printed on them, his utopia of freedom is no longer “one Nation under God, indivisible” – their recent presidential election has proved this. It was because of the now washed up and overused American Dream, and the tax redistribution that is pulling America apart, that I chose to use photocopies of a dollar bill to create the feathers of the rough form of the American national bird, the Bald Eagle.
114cm X 38cm
Wood, plastic, metal, paper, acrylic paint, PVA glue
Most of my skyscapes have power lines running through them. It's a subtle reminder of the energy that's constantly flowing through our lives--from the framework of electricity that powers our lights and appliances, to the electromagnetic radiation of our cellphones, to the rays of the sun. The tiny electrical current in your iPod headphones. The packets of data that form the Internet. The voices of our friends travel to us as waves of energy in the air. And when our brains process them, that's pulses of energy moving from one spot to another as well. Our existence, in every way imaginable, is based on the flow of energy. Through power lines.
I should really Photoshop them out.
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we were abandoned by god, so the world lacks a priori morals by which to live your life, so the responsability for your moral choices rest with you.
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