I have meant to stop by and tell you what an exceptional Substack you are creating with Twilight of Humanity. I wish I could get the paid subscription, but every dime I have is spoken for. I am getting a further education on the important but not as well-known artists leading up to and during one of my favorite periods for art, music, fashion, photography, and architecture: the Expressionists, including Bauhaus and the Weimer period. You are filling in the lesser-known writers and filmmakers I have not been exposed to, and I thank you so much. Your writing is excellent, and I'm happy that you are bringing to the fore these influential artists whose brilliant creativity was either annihilated by the evil of Hitler and his minions or lost to that horrible period in humanity’s history. Wonderful sub, Oliver, truly.
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One of the principal champions of Expressionism as a literary movement was German writer and artist Kasimir Edschmid. He defined the movement thus:
1. “The Expressionist poet does not see, he beholds. He does not describe, he experiences. He does not represent, he forms anew. He does not accept, he seeks. Now there is no longer a chain of facts: houses, factories, sickness, whores, screams, and hunger. Now there is the VISION of these things. Facts are significant only in so far as the hand of the artist reaches through them to grasp what lies beyond. He sees what is human in a prostitute, what is divine in a factory. He weaves the individual phenomenon into that great pattern, which goes to make up the world.”
—KASIMIR EDSCHMID, quoted by Heinrich Eduard Jacob, "Pre-War Writing and Atmosphere in Berlin," in THE ERA OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM, edited by Paul Raabe (Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1985)
Excellent quote that gives me a further, much clearer understanding. If it weren't for all the time and love you put into creating this informative sub, I wouldn't have nearly the knowledge of this period I love so much.
Metropolis is my favorite movie.
I have meant to stop by and tell you what an exceptional Substack you are creating with Twilight of Humanity. I wish I could get the paid subscription, but every dime I have is spoken for. I am getting a further education on the important but not as well-known artists leading up to and during one of my favorite periods for art, music, fashion, photography, and architecture: the Expressionists, including Bauhaus and the Weimer period. You are filling in the lesser-known writers and filmmakers I have not been exposed to, and I thank you so much. Your writing is excellent, and I'm happy that you are bringing to the fore these influential artists whose brilliant creativity was either annihilated by the evil of Hitler and his minions or lost to that horrible period in humanity’s history. Wonderful sub, Oliver, truly.
This quote is an example of the research you are conducting to bring this great sub and its subject matter to the fore;
One of the principal champions of Expressionism as a literary movement was German writer and artist Kasimir Edschmid. He defined the movement thus:
1. “The Expressionist poet does not see, he beholds. He does not describe, he experiences. He does not represent, he forms anew. He does not accept, he seeks. Now there is no longer a chain of facts: houses, factories, sickness, whores, screams, and hunger. Now there is the VISION of these things. Facts are significant only in so far as the hand of the artist reaches through them to grasp what lies beyond. He sees what is human in a prostitute, what is divine in a factory. He weaves the individual phenomenon into that great pattern, which goes to make up the world.”
—KASIMIR EDSCHMID, quoted by Heinrich Eduard Jacob, "Pre-War Writing and Atmosphere in Berlin," in THE ERA OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM, edited by Paul Raabe (Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1985)
Excellent quote that gives me a further, much clearer understanding. If it weren't for all the time and love you put into creating this informative sub, I wouldn't have nearly the knowledge of this period I love so much.