Friday, May 27, 2022

I Will Give You a New Heart

 


This is partly my sensitive nature. Investing so much on friends who are not friends. Loving those who do not comprehend. Despite all the judders that actions and confrontations impose upon my soul, there is a home I always return to. 

There stands a reception beyond any prejudice and denunciation.


Pedram, 5/27/22

Picture: Mansion on Fifth, 4/28/22

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Nietzsche and The Nazis (Book Review)


A very educative read. Touches on a very controversial intellectual of the modern era and how he might have influenced Nazism.
The blueprints are timeless and can be interpreted in any context. The author well describes the antagonists of Nazi ideology:
1- Individualism against collectivism
2- Science, philosophy of reason, and logic against passion and instincts
3- Productiveness and trade against inclination toward conflict and war
4- Individual freedom as opposed to political authoritarianism and top-down leadership
5- Free market capitalism against socialism promoted by Nazism


Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Isle of The Dead

 A masterpiece by Sergei Rachmaninov inspired by the black and white version of the painting by the same name. 

The version I listened to, is conducted by Pavel Kogan for the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.

Man, this strikes a chord with me. Partly reminds me of some of Mahler's works.