ON SILENCE, THE IMAGE, AND NEGATIVE DIALECTICS
“America…is inevitably the most millenarian of all nations, even though so far it has avoided the two extremes of modern millennarianism, fascism and Marxist-Leninism.” -Harold Bloom, Omens of Millennium
“Silence has been banished from the world today.” -Max Picard, The World of Silence
“The time seen through the image is a time lost from view. Being and time are quite different. The image sparkles eternal, when it has exceeded being and time.” -Rene Char, Leaves of Hypnos
“Too many things crowd in on man today, too many images press in upon his soul. There is no more silent peace in the soul, only a silent lack of peace.” -Max Picard, The World of Silence
“The spectacle is a drug for slaves.” -Guy Debord
-The Editors, June 2014