The Caricature

 of the man running after his hat

the dignity attacked

just for the fun of it

Take Care

I care a lot.


"Laughter is as divine as tears" - Chesterton

Why ;)

did I know while reading Chesterton's story 'Tower of Treason' that the strictest character would be the treasonous perpetrator from the moment he was introduced?!

That's True Entertainment - What I Love About Chesterton

Today I've read "The Moderate Murderer" by G K Chesterton, part of "Four Faultless Felons", which can be found here.
This story encompasses all I love about Chesterton. First of all and not least it is great entertainment and one may read it as just a clever mystery story. But like in all truly great entertainment, eg Shakespeare or Dickens, there are different layers to it and it is also a philosophical discourse. I won't give away too much, when I'm saying that it is about moderation. On the one hand it is quite original, on the other hand it is a very old tale.
Chesterton reveals himself again as the great thinker of common sense and among the (modern) philosophers he thereby proves to be the exception. Another one that comes to my mind is Emmanuel Levinas with his focus on every day life.

Opening Fire II

  "I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him--only to bring him t life."  G K Chesterton

Der Beuys'che und der Chesterton'sche Kunstbegriff AKA Art according to Beuys and Chesterton

In a way the art term of Joseph Beuys and Gilbert Keith Chesterton correspond, and I do regard them both very highly. According to Beuys extented definition of art (erweiterter Kunstbegriff) anything could be art - and as far as I interpret it, if something is art or not, really depends on the attitude of the maker to his /her product -; according to Chesterton art is made by the urge to create something and to seperate oneself from it - i.e in my interpretation: to produce it, or even simpler to do it... In some odd way this doesn't by the way imply that everything is art ;), but maybe only that even the artist is but an ordinary person, that distinguishes himself/herself only because he/she has found his/her vocation and dared to live up to it.