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Tag Archives: Existentialism
Hedonists are adults
Adults make decisions and take the consequences. Everyone does stupid things and sometimes they’re really stupid. Hedonists don’t whine about bad luck. They know they fouled up. Even if they followed advice it’s still their decision and they accept ownership. … Continue reading
Eat your heart out Sartre: Los Angeles is existentialism made concrete
Los Angeles is where you confront the objective fact that you mean nothing… You don’t matter… In Los Angeles you can be standing next to another human being but you may as well be standing next to a geological formation. … Continue reading
Film Review ~ Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell)
Will Gompetz wrote an enthusiastic review for the BBC (referenced below) saying that Frances McDormand (Mildred Hayes) was a certainty for an Oscar. He also described Three Billboards…. as a ‘black comedy’. The first is a decent prediction but ‘black … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Review
Tagged Existentialism, grief, institutional racism, nihilism, revenge
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Existential Ranting*
After calling his taxi driver a ‘sweaty, stupid little shit’, David Mellor rattled through the long list of things that make him a superior human being. ‘You’ve been driving a cab for ten years? I have been in the Cabinet!’ … Continue reading
Existential Love
“Marie came that evening and asked if I’d marry her. I said I didn’t mind; if she was keen on it, we’d get married”….Then she remarked that marriage was a serious matter. To which, I replied; “No.”…. Then she asked: … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Philosophy
Tagged Albert Camus, Existentialism, indifference, love, social conformity, The Outsider
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Zen Existentialism
Sic transit Gloria Here today, gone tomorrow Impermanence now! (Chris)