small leaps
“The concept of progress is to be founded in the idea of catastrophe. The catastrophe is that it goes on “like this”. It is not what is imminent in each case, but what is given in each case. Strindberg’s thought: hell is not something that is in store for us – but this life here. Salvation adheres to the small leap in the continuous catastrophe.”
(Walter Benjamin)
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derweil es immer offensichtlicher ist, dass wir ueberall und immer wieder und von recht vielen menschen auf den arm genommen werden, ist es schoen, einmal in den arm genommen zu werden … auch wenn es sich dann herausstellt, dass man doch wieder nur auf den arm genommen wurde.
Culture Tour — Order Must Be
Order is half of life — so say the lyrics in one of the songs on Peter Maffay’s album Tabaluga. So is the other half disorder? Or are disorder and order one and the same? At first glance, this is certainly a rather strange thought; but when you look at the traffic here, you can…
Culture Tour — Lost in Time and Space
The village, my village, det smukke by Møgeltønder: about 1,000 inhabitants, and somehow amazing how quiet it is: walking along the main street, you rarely meet anyone, although somehow everyone seems to know everyone else, direct contact is limited to the five neighbouring houses. The train station — I have to go to Suzhou in…
COMMEDIA DELLA VITA OR PÁNTA RÊI'S FIRM GROUND 