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Nietzsche on Statues
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What do these figures carved in stone matter?
What difference does it make if they are pulled down?
What does it say when they are removed?
A Thread
What do these figures carved in stone matter?
What difference does it make if they are pulled down?
What does it say when they are removed?
We could begin with the obvious take that they represent a people's identity
Hero's always become Statues
These incredible people overcome so much that they imprint themselves onto the soul of the many
Time kills their body by they live forever in stone
But theres more...
Hero's always become Statues
These incredible people overcome so much that they imprint themselves onto the soul of the many
Time kills their body by they live forever in stone
But theres more...
They are a symbol of HEALTH
This is where Nietzsche comes in
You might know his critique of "slave morality" and "Christianity"
Well, his distaste for these stems from how they "shame" the LIFE INSTINCT in a person
The MAKE people sick via shame... but how?
This is where Nietzsche comes in
You might know his critique of "slave morality" and "Christianity"
Well, his distaste for these stems from how they "shame" the LIFE INSTINCT in a person
The MAKE people sick via shame... but how?
Imagine your emotions and desires all stem from the Life instinct which was given to you at birth
This Life instinct is dragging your "chattering mind" kicking and screaming through reality
This is so obviously true yet so interesting...
What does this "instinct" want?
This Life instinct is dragging your "chattering mind" kicking and screaming through reality
This is so obviously true yet so interesting...
What does this "instinct" want?
Many say "survival"
But Nietzsche noted that a pagan warrior risking his life for "eternal fame" is hardly "survival"
In fact, behaving in a way that is "safe" is widely seen as cowardly
Think of Leonidas in 300 embracing a guaranteed death versus the actions of his traitor
But Nietzsche noted that a pagan warrior risking his life for "eternal fame" is hardly "survival"
In fact, behaving in a way that is "safe" is widely seen as cowardly
Think of Leonidas in 300 embracing a guaranteed death versus the actions of his traitor
Life will DIE in an attempt to THRIVE
Life wants something MORE than "grovelling"
Think about it...
Your craziest fantasies want incalculable domination
You want to father a continent like Genghis Khan
You want so much freedom that NOONE can tell you what to do
Life wants something MORE than "grovelling"
Think about it...
Your craziest fantasies want incalculable domination
You want to father a continent like Genghis Khan
You want so much freedom that NOONE can tell you what to do
How does this relate to Statues?
This DESIRE to PROJECT yourself out into the world
This is Life's CORE want
It wants to take the world around it and reshape it into its own image
You want to RESHAPE the world into YOU
This DESIRE to PROJECT yourself out into the world
This is Life's CORE want
It wants to take the world around it and reshape it into its own image
You want to RESHAPE the world into YOU
This is not complex philosophy
At root, Life wants you to literally make new versions of yourself
Just scale that into a higher version:
The musician wants to take the chaos of sound and impose his personality onto it
The king wants to shape the city into how he imagines it
At root, Life wants you to literally make new versions of yourself
Just scale that into a higher version:
The musician wants to take the chaos of sound and impose his personality onto it
The king wants to shape the city into how he imagines it
The SUCCESS of this Life Instinct is Health
When you can "let out your desire" and rebaptise the world in your image you are winning
But not everyone can win
For one person to win, he often needs to have his servants DENY their life instinct
When you can "let out your desire" and rebaptise the world in your image you are winning
But not everyone can win
For one person to win, he often needs to have his servants DENY their life instinct
Before you seduced that beautiful girl
You needed some stressed middle aged programmer to update Instagram so it was working that day
Some poor fuck in Asia had to get chemical burn creating a phone part
Some Latina had to make the bed
You victory lies on their compromise
You needed some stressed middle aged programmer to update Instagram so it was working that day
Some poor fuck in Asia had to get chemical burn creating a phone part
Some Latina had to make the bed
You victory lies on their compromise
This is the way of Life
Some people climb above everyone else and have the chance to shape the world in their image
This victory is a result of HEALTHY instincts full of Life
And so HEALTHY art expresses this in shameless images of the victorious
Some people climb above everyone else and have the chance to shape the world in their image
This victory is a result of HEALTHY instincts full of Life
And so HEALTHY art expresses this in shameless images of the victorious
Nietzsche noted that this is the foundation of what we call "Beauty"
And that is how through art we choose to CELEBRATE Life
By celebrating OURSELVES
And that is how through art we choose to CELEBRATE Life
By celebrating OURSELVES
The ghostly beauty of the ancient world is built on this shameless Greek pride
We moderns struggle to imagine crafting a naked statue of ourselves out of stone without feeling embarrassed
Nevermind crafting that perfect version of ourselves we always imagine... our God
We moderns struggle to imagine crafting a naked statue of ourselves out of stone without feeling embarrassed
Nevermind crafting that perfect version of ourselves we always imagine... our God
Our feelings towards Life are shameful
Life and it's success HURTS people and that is bad in our eyes
We are weary of Life
We are thus weary of ourselves
We don't want to propagate our image into the world
We are nothing but a stain on gentle Nature
Life and it's success HURTS people and that is bad in our eyes
We are weary of Life
We are thus weary of ourselves
We don't want to propagate our image into the world
We are nothing but a stain on gentle Nature
Of course, this weariness is a natural sign of cultural age
But when that weariness happens, all those who were once serving you sense your weakness
They turn on you
They destroy the image you don't have the instinct to defend
And replace it with their own
Such is life
But when that weariness happens, all those who were once serving you sense your weakness
They turn on you
They destroy the image you don't have the instinct to defend
And replace it with their own
Such is life
