"Perhaps above all it was the young poet Rainer Maria Rilke who was her most enduring addressee. In turn Rilke’s poetry seemed to breathe in her wake (Kleinbard 1993). #psikanaliz
This idea, that Lou had singular addressees, perhaps led to a sort of languor in her writing discipline born of the type of everyday communication held with someone you know well. #psikanaliz
Explanation is short-circuited, disciplined effort is curtailed by relative clarity, and the product is finally immersed in shorthand motifs and gestures." #psikanaliz
This shows us the one-sidedness not only of the object of study, but also of the method: the road, which leads in a sense in two directions, which is the sole access to life, and which only through an optical illusion seemed to converge to a single point.
For the further we pursue a question, the further it opens up to us in both directions, just as the horizon recedes with every step we take towards it.
Lou Salome – The Erotic
Just as in that horizon line, which retreats from us step by step, “heaven and earth” nevertheless merge continually into each other to form a single image: the primeval optical illusion and, at the same time, the ultimate symbol.
Lou Salome – The Erotic
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