#the world as will and representation

[funeral]

Death is the painful untying of the knot that generation with sensual pleasure had tied; it is the violent destruction, bursting in from outside, of the fundamental error of our true nature, the great disillusionment. At bottom, we are something that ought not to be; therefore we cease to be.

Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

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[philosophybits]

Poetry is related to philosophy as experience is related to empirical science. Experience makes us acquainted with the phenomenon in the particular and by means of examples, science embraces the whole of phenomena by means of general conceptions. So poetry seeks to make us acquainted with the Platonic Ideas through the particular and by means of examples. Philosophy aims at teaching, as a whole and in general, the inner nature of things which expresses itself in these.

Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

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[thepursuitofunderstanding]

Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night.

Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

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[philosophybitmaps]

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[quotessentially]

From Arthur Schopenhauer’s The World as Will and Representation

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[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

It is really incredible how meaningless and insignificant when seen from without, and how dull and senseless when felt from within, is the course of life of the great majority of men.

It is weary longing and worrying, a dreamlike staggering through the four ages of life to death, accompanied by a series of trivial thoughts.

They are like clockwork that is wound up and goes without knowing why. Every time a man is begotten and born the clock of human life is wound up anew, to repeat once more its same old tune that has already been played innumerable times, movement by movement and measure by measure, with insignificant variations.

Every individual, every human apparition and its course of life, is only one more short dream of the endless spirit of nature, of the persistent will-to-live, is only one more fleeting form, playfully sketched by it on its infinite page, space and time; it is allowed to exist for a short while that is infinitesimal compared with these, and is then effaced, to make new room.

Yet, and here is to be found the serious side of life, each of these fleeting forms, these empty fancies, must be paid for by the whole will-to-live in all its intensity with many deep sorrows, and finally with a bitter death, long feared and finally made manifest.

It is for this reason that the sight of a corpse suddenly makes us serious.

[This an excerpt from Schopenhauer’s brilliant book— The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1]

[Poetic Outlaws]

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[symphonyoflovenet]

But life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

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[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

I would like to lay down, as the simplest and most correct definition of poetry, that it is the art of bringing into play the power of imagination through words.

from The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 2 by Arthur Schopenhauer

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[linusjf]

Arthur Schopenhauer: An hour's reading

Arthur Schopenhauer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “I’ve never know any trouble than an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.” —Arthur Schopenhauer.

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[areadersquoteslibrary]

"The need for knowledge increases with the inability to have faith. There is a boiling point on the scale of culture at which all faith, all revelation, all authority evaporate, at which people, according to their own lights, demand that they be instructed, but they also want to be convinced. The apron strings of childhood have fallen away: people want to stand on their own legs. But in this, people's metaphysical need is as ineradicable as any physical need. It becomes serious in the demand for philosophy, and humankind appeals in its need to all the thoughtful minds to whom it has ever given birth. The hollow verbiage and impotent exertions of intellectual eunuchs are no longer enough; rather, it then requires a serious-minded philosophy, i.e., one aiming at the truth, not at stipends and fees, one which does not ask whether it pleases ministers or councillors or whether it suits the interest of this or that contemporary church faction; rather, it is obvious that the business of philosophy is something completely different from providing a means of livelihood for the poor in spirit." - Arthur Schopenhauer, 'On The Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason'

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[funeral]

Everything in life proclaims that earthly happiness is destined to be frustrated, or recognized as an illusion. The grounds for this lie deep in the very nature of things....Life presents itself as a continual deception, in small matters as well as in great. If it has promised, it does not keep its word, unless to show how little desirable the desired object was; hence we are deluded now by hope, now by what was hoped for. If it has given, it did so in order to take. The enchantment of distance shows us paradises that vanish like optical illusions, when we have allowed ourselves to be fooled by them. Accordingly, happiness lies always in the future, or else in the past, and the present may be compared to a small dark cloud driven by the wind over a sunny plain; in front of and behind the cloud everything is bright, only it itself always casts a shadow.

Arthur Schopenhauer,  The World as Will and Idea — Vol. III

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[philosophybits]

If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at.

Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

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[thepursuitofunderstanding]

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

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[philosophybitmaps]

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[quotessentially]

From Arthur Schopenhauer’s The World as Will and Representation

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[stil-lindigo]

lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)

if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.

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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.

I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.

I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.

If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.

#cw: suicidal ideation #cw: suicide #cw: self harm #cw: mental health #cw: depression #i made the balloon the main representation of my self destructive urges for a reason but im not going to explain it #i tried to keep a lot of the details in this vague #it would be my worst nightmare if this comic encouraged someone to hurt themselves #so. please dont #for a long time even the thought of making this comic felt so insipid and narcissistic #with the state of the world as it is #having the only threat to your life be yourself felt so privileged and trite and shameful #but doing this comic made me sit down and process things in full #and im just. very grateful i didn't give in to my thoughts back when i sincerely felt i'd be more useful to the world dead #i also feel the need to say that this wont represent everyone's battle with mental illness. its unfortunately different for all of us #there is no fix-all #and im afraid this might be one of those comics that either resonates a lot or misses the target by a mile #i made it for myself foremost. and now that its done im glad i did it #thank you for reading #and please stay alive #stillindigo art #stillindigo comics