
"......Be what it is, The Action of my life is like it, which I'll keep if but for sympathy."

Showing posts with label Das Andere. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Das Andere. Show all posts
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Antlitz - Countenance
To me it is exceedingly hard to draw a face. The hardest thing is to capture what Levinas would call the countance - I really love the German translation "Antlitz", because it embodies also the word "anderer"/ the "other" (which is something that cannot be touched by the self) - because to Levinas it incorporates an absolute openess and nakedness. I envision this as the possibilty to have a glimpse at a person's soul, a third dimension that is hard to enclose in the two dimensions of a piece of paper...
Yet there have been those few lucky moments when one feels that by whatever uncontrollable miraculous circumstances one has accomplished it. The more miraculous yet, if another person wholeheartedly agrees.

Saturday, 16 October 2010
Drama
... und was wäre, wenn "Drama" die Konfrontation des Selben mit dem Selben in Reflexion durch das Andere wäre?!
...and what if "drama" or the "dramatic" would be the confrontation of the Selfsame with the Selfsame in reflection by the Other?!
...and what if "drama" or the "dramatic" would be the confrontation of the Selfsame with the Selfsame in reflection by the Other?!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)