Tag Archives: Karl Barth

hannah : bagful of banals

We are told (Isaiah 12:1): “And you shall say on that day [of the Messianic redemption], ‘I thank You, O L-rd, for You were wrathful with me!’” A polarizing figure. The godmother for anti-Zionist far lefties who can crank up … Continue reading

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agitated realms beyond melancholy

The long arc of hereticism. Modernism and baggage of hereticism it bring with it, the deep sack of neuroses festering sometimes into the outbreaks of pathology and brilliance often equally and simultaneously, is today, a sort  of anguished repudiation; reactions … Continue reading

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presence of the lord

The Protestant Reformation has some strange old bones in the closet. Recessed genes that keep popping up in odd places. Those nasty margin notes of Martin Luther, that sinister side while mocking, and justly the clerical pomp and obedience without … Continue reading

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the good book says

There has always been this conflict over religion and fascism that when posited, by the liberal, individualist tradition, notably by a Christopher Hitchens or Slvaj Zizek, there is connection invoked between the two; part of the popular secular culture dialog … Continue reading

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scorched earth policy: the burning fiddler

The dull oppressive heaviness of Nazi neo-classicism. The scorched earth policy. Everything to repress regeneration and to seal off the gases of expressionist madness that could escape and find their way into the water. It was a meaningless world. If … Continue reading

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Ghent altarpiece : a trio of mystery and suspense

It is known for many things; not the least being that it is the most stolen piece of art of all time.It represents the first really ambitious and consummate use of oil paint and it marks the birth of realism … Continue reading

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EFFIGIES OF HOPE & ILLUSIONS OF DESPAIR

”They are scared of the inner truth about themselves, more particularly, about acknowledging psychic conflict and trauma as well as the primary creativity evidenced by fantasy (especially dreams). I think the early modernists – Gauguin, Redon, Max Ernst, de Chirico, … Continue reading

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MOZARTIANS AND THE SECRET OF THEIR ALLOY

It cannot be denied that the verbal arts, the drama, the novel and a great part of poetry have always fed on conflict, and that they have reached their greatest heights when the conflict was unresolvable except by a tragic … Continue reading

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