the death of god...

Martha: Did you, did you have to?
George: Yes.
Martha: ...You had to?
George: Yes.
Martha: I don't know.
George: It was time.
Martha: Was it?
George: Yes.
Martha: I'm cold.
George: It's late.
Martha: Yes.
George: It will be better.
Martha: I don't know.
George: It will be, maybe.
Martha: I'm not sure.
George: No.
Martha: Just us?
George: Yes.
Martha: You don't suppose, maybe...
George: No.
Martha: Yes. No.
George: All right?
Martha: Yes. No.

George (singing softly to her):
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf

Martha: I am George.
George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martha: I am George, I am.

Albee, Edward: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966

there has long been a cry following publication of Nietzshe's works that he declared that "God is dead!"
i don't believe that that is actually what he meant...
i believe he meant that man killed god...
god did not die of his/her own volition...
if he/she ever existed...

...do you see what i see?

the principle of surroundedness, according to which areas which can be seen as surrounded by others tend to be perceived as figures.*


i don't see anything...
i see something...
i see...

nothing...


*Chandler, Daniel: Codes, Semiotics for Beginners

rien...

Togod [to Faustus]: "Repeat after me. There is ... Nothing! Nothing ... nothing ... No! ... Nothing ... nothing ... That's it ... That's right ... That's the way it is."





Pour qui suis-je ?
J’ai oublié qui je suis!

Faustus, the Last Night, Pascal Dusapin, composer
Enregistré par France Musiques Commande et production de l'Opéra national de Lyon et du Staatsoper de Berlin, 2005

je ne pense pas...

Did you hear about Rene Descartes' visit to England? He went into a pub and the barmaid said "Can I get you something, luv?''

He said, "I think not.'' And disappeared.

anonymous

...et le monde continu ou pas!