"Crucified Christ" by Wassily Kandinsky (1911) - I'm the soldier dancing at the foot of the cross God doesn't know why He loves you God's self-binding act of love must finds its primordial origin before creation began, but why would God create in the first place? Matthew Stanley • Christianity
I was naked, and I hid myself This knowledge that we are "naked" – is it not the most human of notions? To realize that one is naked is to have a sudden realization of one's lack! Matthew Stanley • Psychoanalysis
What place remains for worship in modern religion? If the attraction of a faith community is ritual and connection, what place does all this singing, chanting, and confessing about God and his attributes have to do with self-development? Is it just a covert way of talking about ourselves? Matthew Stanley • Theology
"Two Comedians" by Edward Hopper (1965) Hegel and the Lateralized Brain The lateralized brain and Hegel's divided Whole are correlates of each other in that the gap in matter is re-doubled at the level of mind. Matthew Stanley • Psychoanalysis
Žižek's latest book Freedom: A Disease without Cure, released October 5th, 2023 (Link below) Book Review: Slavoj Žižek's "Freedom - A Disease without Cure" If the contradictory experience of freedom which Žižek describes is accurate, then we must acknowledge that alienation is an essential part of freedom. Matthew Stanley • Psychoanalysis
"Seated Monkey on a Chain" by Hendrik Goltzius (1597) Are we doomed to the pain of attachment? How can a human with a self ever attain abiding security? Matthew Stanley
