Reflection
-
Philosophy’s Curse
It leaves you breathless on a cloudy afternoon It silences you whenever you’re supposed to talk It distances you from everything sane and sound Philosophy’s curse Of course there are times when you can relate When you nihilistically existentially circumspect When red is just an ordinary colour – no Wittgenstein Until it hits you –…
-
The Act of Writing
Some days seem to revolve around a certain topic. Although many things might have come up, there is this one insistence that doesn’t escape even the most feeble mind. Today this concerned writing. Writing. Also known as vomiting, editing, pausing, spitting it out, a bridging of the void. It still seems weird to me that…
-
Positive Notes
Perhaps it is a necessary part of any great piece of music, the moment of despair right before you find yourself not in a different position, but definitely back on the ‘right’ track. Right being a feeling. Track being the long and windy road ahead. The same one that looked unbearable the day before. Sometimes,…
-
The Intrinsic Paradox of Life
There is something intrinsically paradoxical in life. Probably there are more paradoxes, but lately I’ve been struggling with this one, and that is definitely enough for now. It has to do with this wanting to live. I truly don’t understand where this will comes from. Especially if you live in a world like ours, in…
-
Reflecting on EGS part 1
Being in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, to attend the seminars and evening lectures of people that are on the inside of things, is not very easy when you are in the periphery. It feels as you are thrown around between realizing something enormous that is probably going to change your life, and before you’re able to fully…
-
Holi-days in the Summer in an Atheist World
It’s that time of the year again, when people ask you – after a remark about the weather – about your plans for the holidays. At first, I found myself a bit perplexed as to how to answer this utterly irrelevant question. But I guess most people do not notice the obvious etymology of the…
-
Experience Philosophy By Letting Go
Attempting to read Deleuze, I hit upon this quote, of someone trying to explain why one should read Deleuze: “…do not bother trying to comprehend or understand the text. A desire for that level of control will only hinder your ability to experience it, use it, think it, and become it.” (Christopher Higgs) From experience,…
-
Talking Philosophy – Reflecting on Reflecting
Talking about philosophy can be a wonderful experience. But: it does matter with whom. The joy of doing it with friends, who are right there beside you, struggling to get a grip on topics that go beyond them. Struggling, but not thinking they are in anyway inferior because they have not written the thought first,…
-
Love Freedom Happiness
“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.” Today I loved what I was doing. Today I wrote a whole chapter on why philosophy needs to occupy itself with thinking the impossible. It feels good to finally have enough space in my life to just write down what needs to be…