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1 day ago · It’s absurdist maybe in the point-of-view, which captures the fragile mental fireworks that color life in the corporate world. It’s an uncomfortable book to dwell within, perhaps because we recognize so many traits — the phobias, obsessions, and anxieties — of the protagonist, Bob Slocum. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
To live with an absurdist perspective in daily life: Focus on the present moment. Let go of dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. Embrace the here and now and find joy in small things. Create your own sense of meaning and purpose. Experiment with different activities and pursuits until you find what brings you fulfillment.
1 day ago · The director’s latest film is a return to his primary interest — control. Kinds of Kindness is in theaters June 21. Last year, Yorgos Lanthimos directed a dark comedy about a woman named Bella ...
2 days ago · In works such as The Garden Party and The Memorandum, Havel used an absurdist style to criticize the Communist system. After participating in the Prague Spring and being blacklisted after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia , he became more politically active and helped found several dissident initiatives, including Charter 77 and the ...
4 days ago · By creating an absurdist version of a cooking show—one that is guided by the alphabet rather than a recipe, and one in which all of the actions are loud, jerky, and filled with unease—Rosler illustrates that cooking is not a natural proclivity of all women, but is rather a learned form of skilled labor.
2 days ago · When the Globe tackles one of Shakespeare’s problematic plays it chucks tons of conceptual stuff at it and sees what sticks. In this offensive comedy set in Renaissance Padua, where Petruchio ...
4 days ago · The absurdist nature of existence creates a situation when the issue of suicide should be thought of as philosophy’s foremost subject matter. Even though the issue of suicide has traditionally been assessed through socio-political lenses, it makes much more sense to assess it through the lenses of psychology: “Suicide has never been dealt with except as a social phenomenon.
