Fate, karma, causality, laws of nature, determinism - these are all different expressions of the idea that the universe follows a predictable logic. They imply that what has happened has arisen logically from what has gone before and that the present is also determined by what has gone before. We consider this logic to be reasonable and rational, logically correct. However, if we assume [...]
Wenn der rationale Geist durch die Welten des Wissens streift, die Bibliothek durchwühlt oder nach den kausalen Gesetzen des Universums sucht, ist das eine akribische Arbeit des Aufbaus von Wissenssystemen. Diese Systeme haben zunächst wenig mit der Erfahrungswelt oder gar der inneren Welt gemeinsam. Erst durch Kontemplation hält der Geist inne und betrachtet die systematisierte, […]
I have been living with a neurotic dog for a few weeks now. She barked a lot while she still perceived me as a stranger. She kept her distance and was frightened. After a few weeks, she accepted me, approached me and wanted to be stroked. Now she lies at my door and keeps watch; she protects me. What happened? I [...]
(this is an old text of mine, found in the archives. It is strange to read it again, as it shows to me how desperately I tried to get out of the trap of representation and the urge to embrace a philosophy of immanence. I went through so many ideas, looked at so many artists [...]
Yesterday, during a panel discussion at the India Art Fair, I heard someone quoting Plato. She said that Plato said that art is the reflection of the reflection of the real. Whether this is true in this abbreviated form remains to be seen. It is an interesting thought. What is the real, what is a reflection, what is art? For Plato there is [...]
Yesterday I had a long conversation about the origin of thought. Which comes first, the words or the thoughts. There are of course very different forms of thinking. Visual, musical, analytical, synthetic, performative thinking, etc... There is thinking on the level of intuition, there is thinking in memory, there is vision [...]
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Das Wort „werden“ im Deutschen hat eine kausale Bedeutung, während „becoming“ im Englischen für die Entwicklung eines Prozesses steht. Unterschiede erkennen ist wichtig, besonders im postmodernen Denken. Gilles Deleuze beschreibt, wie Empfindungen in einer Reflexion vereint werden, ähnlich einem fernen Licht. In der Welt des „werdens“ geht es um Bewusstsein, Sinneseindrücke und Veränderung.