Danial's

Speaking of Nothing

"Nothing" is a natural reply to the inquiry "what are you hiding". Experiences may be symbolically camouflaged as secrets, held, as something to avoid, in darkness and silence, kept well away because in fact they are so near. A definition for a secret: That which once revealed turns into its own reason for having at an earlier point been a secret, that "something" that it is outside the realm of symbols, i.e. a horror born of an immeasurable actual distance. Being secretive is the attempt at matching the uncanniness of the experience with an equal distance created between the knowledge borne by the self and that held by others. The aura of an artwork, an enigmatic expression, the reflection of an object seemingly not there, all speak of the same nothing. Nothing is neither true nor false; nor can it be judged to be good or bad. As it refers to a void, it can only be overcome. In the realm of comedy uncanny distances or differences are made use of to prompt a laughing response. Laughter is directed at the instance of exaggeration. The situation being in itself funny cannot hold true, except if by that is simply meant that the distance is naturally felt, irrespective of whether or not it is poignantly meaningful.

posted by Danial @ 13:32