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The answer: because it is unfree movement, because the entire profound meaning of the dance lies precisely in absolute, aesthetic subordination, ideal unfreedom.
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The state (humaneness) forbade the killing of one person, but did not forbid the half-killing of millions. Killing one person, i.e. reducing the sum of human lives by fifty years, that’s criminal, while reducing the sum of human lives by fifty million years, that’s not criminal.
They were able to create only when they had driven themselves to fits of ‘inspiration’ – an unknown form of epilepsy.
Yes, epilepsy is a mental illness, pain… Slow, sweet pain – a bite – and let it be even deeper, even more painful. And now slowly – the sun. Not ours, not that pale-bluish, crystalline, steady one coming through the glass bricks – no: a savage, rushing, scorching sun – get everything off you, everything into tiny shreds.
Those two in paradise were presented with a choice: either happiness without freedom – or freedom without happiness;
“That means you like it. You’re afraid because it’s stronger than you, you hate it because you’re afraid, you love it because you can’t make it submit to you. After all, it’s only possible to love what’s unsubmissive.”
In the ancient world, this was understood by the Christians, our only (albeit very imperfect) predecessors: humility is a virtue, while pride is a vice, and “WE” is from God, while “I” is from the Devil.
United to old ideals?
It was Him coming down to us from the heavens – the new Jehovah in an aero, just as wise and lovingly cruel as the Jehovah of the ancients. With each minute He was ever closer – and ever higher towards him went millions of hearts – and now He can already see us.
