Andreas Vlach

The term “cynical romantic” might seem odd, since cynicism and romanticism are typically regarded as opposites. Whereas romantics are devoted to pursuing aesthetic beauty, sentimentality and the sublime, cynics deride everything and everyone as motivated purely by self-interest; they reject all contrary evidence as fatal stupidity or risible

Das neuzeitliche Pathos des Neuen löst das Sein in den Prozess auf. Unter den Bedingungen des Neuen ist kein kontemplatives Leben möglich. Kontemplation ist Wiederholung. Das Pathos des Handelns, das sich nun mit der Emphase des Neuen verbindet, setzt viel Unruhe in die Welt.

you can't just collect information to feel creatively and

intellectually alive you need to build a relationship with your gut you need to understand what is worth keeping what is my intention what what do I want to get out of this