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Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest

Parables of Sun Light is a collection of essays that delve into the realms of psychology and the arts, offering insights into human behavior and creative expression. more

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Rudolf Arnheim
Rudolf Arnheim

Rudolf Arnheim was a renowned art theorist and psychologist, known for his profound insights into visual art and aesthetic experience. His work spans various fields including art psychology, film theory, and visual culture. more

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“In my youth and comparative inexperience I had always regarded the yearning and pangs of love as the worst torture that could afflict the human heart. At this moment, however, I began to realize that there was another and perhaps grimmer torture than that of longing and desiring: that of being loved against one's will and of being unable to defend oneself against the urgency of another's passion; of seeing another human being seared by the flame of her desire and of having to look impotently, lacking the power, the capacity, the strength to pluck her from the flames.”

“He who is himself crossed in love is able from time to time to master his passion, for he is not the creature but the creator of his own misery; and if a lover is unable to control his passion, he at least knows that he is himself to blame for his sufferings. But he who is loved without reciprocating that love is lost beyond redemption, for it is not in his power to set a limit to that other's passion, to keep it within bounds, and the strongest will is reduced to impotence in the face of another's desire.”