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[larvatus]

― for David W. Affeld        „Die Kunst muß erst recht wieder verachtet, für ganz unnütz gehalten werden, ehe wieder was daraus werden kann, oder sie muß auch recht einseitig auf alles angewendet werden. Es ist ein vergeblicher Wunsch, daß uns das Publicum recht verstehen soll

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[anonymous]

I can't help but think that you put much too much nonstop self-assertion into what you do and say. A lot of people say a man knows himself less by studying himself as himself, which is an endless labyrinth that can be read any number of ways, than by looking to what's above him -- God, the Form of the Good or whatnot -- and then forming his understanding by reference to that more comprehensive and ultimate thing. In fact, I think you've put up some quotations to that effect. That has its difficulties, of course, but to my mind it seems the best bet. Among other things it helps put oneself and others in a common world and avoid extremes.

Best wishes though.

much too much nonstop self-assertion

[larvatus]

    About 18 years ago, I attended a performance by the Kipper Kids, which involved Harry and Harry Kipper, starting out alongside each other, separated from their audience by identical paper screens, simultaneously breaching them with orifices through which they thrust forth their beaks and cocks, proceeding thenceforth with an exhibition of unmitigated scatology.

Was their act much too much? Not from my perspective. Would it have been improved by measuring their penes and probosces against the Platonic ideals perched above them? Not to my liking.
    There are times and places that cannot be properly served by anything short of the extremes. Under the circumstances, I can only be thankful for measuring up to the tasks at hand with my own God-given nozzles.