Post by mjunious on Jun 13, 2024 14:23:58 GMT
As I watched the video on Absurdism, I began to see an ontological connection between the problems that we have been contemplating with Sisyphus and the monastic mandala ritual. Both deal with the ephemerality of life and, specifically, our meaning of life. I am not sure of the timeline or Camus' background, but his ideas appear to be pointing towards defining the metaphysical self, and that the meaning of life is not found by how we constitute the "self", but rather what the "self" constitutes. That shift in thinking (a pretty daunting task).
Relating this to Barbary Shore, Mike Lovett can find meaning by embracing the situation that he is in, living among the ragtag inhabitants of the boarding house, instead of worrying about his past, and by extension who he is. In this sense, his amnesia can be freeing for him because he does not have to worry about anything negative that he may have done or experienced during the war, and define himself by what he does moving forward, all while trying to tackle the Sysiphean task of finishing his novel.
Is this thinking in the right direction, or should I rewatch the video and start over?
Relating this to Barbary Shore, Mike Lovett can find meaning by embracing the situation that he is in, living among the ragtag inhabitants of the boarding house, instead of worrying about his past, and by extension who he is. In this sense, his amnesia can be freeing for him because he does not have to worry about anything negative that he may have done or experienced during the war, and define himself by what he does moving forward, all while trying to tackle the Sysiphean task of finishing his novel.
Is this thinking in the right direction, or should I rewatch the video and start over?
