I admire your refusal, in idea II, to participate in condemnation rituals, purity tests, and pile-ons. And you’re right: it’s enough to refuse to do so out of principle alone. Oh that more people followed your lead!
You’ve paired your clarity with a beautiful painting and piece of music. I wasn’t familiar with Caspar David Friedrich’s work, so thank you.
Thank you for these kind words, Simon! And I'm honored to have introduced you to Caspar David Friedrich, his work is so incredible. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is one of my favorite paintings of all time :)
I admire your refusal, in idea II, to participate in condemnation rituals, purity tests, and pile-ons. And you’re right: it’s enough to refuse to do so out of principle alone. Oh that more people followed your lead!
You’ve paired your clarity with a beautiful painting and piece of music. I wasn’t familiar with Caspar David Friedrich’s work, so thank you.
Thank you for these kind words, Simon! And I'm honored to have introduced you to Caspar David Friedrich, his work is so incredible. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is one of my favorite paintings of all time :)
I can see why! You could spend hours looking at it. I read this fascinating discussion of its allegorical meaning in this Medium essay:
https://medium.com/signifier/interpretation-wanderer-above-sea-fog-80c614dcd148