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Johannes de Silentio

In the end, we are skeptics..

About Me

"The theme of the Grail romance is that the land, the country, the whole territory of concern has been laid waste. It is called a wasteland. And what is the nature of the wasteland? It is a land where everybody is living an inauthentic life, doing as other people do, doing as you're told, with no courage for your own life."
"A man who has not passed through the infernos of his passions has never overcome them. They then dwell in the house next door. And at any moment, a fire may dart out and set fire to his own house. Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force."
"Did you ever say yes to a pleasure? Oh my friends, then you have also said yes to all pain. All things are linked, entwined, in love with one another."
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."
You Are Surrealism
Dreamy and idealistic, you've created a world that is all your own.
It's very likely that you've either dabbled in drugs or are naturally trippy.
You are always trying to push beyond the boundaries of your culture and society.
You believe that art, love, and freedom can change the world. What Art Movement Are You?

My Interests

Urban exploration
Cats
Graceful sublimation
Deconstruction
The state with the lonely star
Comparative religion
Sitting under bridges
The Copernican Revolution
The Renaissance
Exiting the wasteland
Thermodynamics as morality
Speaking in parables
The aurora borealis
The beach at night
Leading the kids into battle
Vagabonding
Burning bridges

I'd like to meet:

True followers of Christ. True followers of the Dionysian faith. Those who believe in the troubadour concept of love. Those who understand that their narrow belief system does not encompass boundless life.

Music:

Current 93
Devil Doll
X
Kenickie
Joy Division
Nick Cave
Antischism
Morrissey
Jets to Brazil
Elefant
Covenant
Jello Biafra
Arab Strap
Robyn Hitchcock
Pulp
Mazzy Star
Johnny Cash
Elliot Smith
Against Me!

Movies:

Gangs of New York
The Last Temptation of Christ
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Serenity
Cemetary Man
Instinct
Baraka
Awakenings
Spirited Away
Immortal Beloved
I Heart Huckabees
Eternal Sunshine
Total Eclipse
Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
Vincent Price films

Television:

Carnivale
Red Dwarf
Mr. Show
Firefly
Arrested Development

Books:

The Little Prince
Watership Down
Jack Kerouac
Arthur Rimbaud
William Blake
Joseph Campbell
Emma Goldman
Nikos Kazantzakis
Carl Jung
Tolstoy
Spinoza
Nietzsche
Schopenhauer
Kierkegaard

Heroes:

Someone who can live dangerously.