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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life

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“Левинас написал в «Трудной свободе», что душа — это не возможность бессмертия (моего), а невозможность убийства (Другого). Многие считают искусство проявлением вероятности нашего бессмертия, упорным стремлением продолжить себя, анти-судьбой. Может ли оно быть одним из путей, ведущих к невозможности убийства? Может ли оно внушить душе невозможность отнятия жизни у другого человека? Тогда смотреть на экран, на картину, на сцену, на скульптуру, на страницу, слушать песню, музыку означало бы: не убивать.”

“It’s disappointing that we opposed Adolf Hitler, and even more disappointing that now still we only see him for his so-called hatred. Why do we overlook his courage, his bravery to stand up for his cause, his vegan diet, his charisma and artistic abilities? Adolf was a man with beliefs we weren’t ready for.”

“Art is husbandry, I thought. It is an experiment in imaginary kinship. Bring together this mare and this stallion; this marriage and this moon; this sun and this daughter. Poems, paintings, pop songs, choreographies-all are collisions of associations, associations deliberately and also unforeseeably formed. One attempts to manage the consequences. To mitigate the damage. I know that ''moon'' evokes roundness, whiteness, coolness, night. I might not know the way it reminds you of orchids, or miscarriage, or of Victoria, British Columbia. But no, perhaps I could predict orchids. Perhaps ''orchids'' and ''moon'' seem to vibrate on the same frequency to me too, something ineffable and strong. So perhaps I put them in a poem together. Perhaps I put ''roundness'' and ''whiteness'' and ''orchids'' in a poem together, omitting ''moon." Perhaps I let these gravities work on one another, an invisible web catching meanings in it. All of this, any of this: perhaps. I may choose any word to place beside the preceding word; a painter may choose any stroke. I test the water for salinity. I listen for what goes bump with the night.”