ART & Thoughts
“ Art is a form of consciousness.” Susan Sontag
A Lover’s Discourse
Waiting – Roland Barthes / Edward Hopper
Waiting attente / waiting Tumult of anxiety provoked by waiting for the loved being, subject to trivial delays (rendezvous, letters, telephone calls, returns) I. I am waiting for an arrival, a return, a promised sign. This can be futile, or immensely pathetic: in Erwantung (Waiting), a woman waits for her lover, at night, in the … Continue reading
Am I in love? – Roland Barthes
cacher / to hide To hide a passion totally (or even to hide, more simply, its excess) is inconceivable: not because the human subject is too weak, but because passion is in essence made to be seen: the hiding must be seen: I want you to know that I am hiding something from you, that is the … Continue reading
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