Notes from the Wired
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I have based this commentary on the original German text as published by Reclam. The translation is my own, created with the assistance of ChatGPT.
Please note that this is purely my personal interpretation of the sermon. I have no formal training in theology or medieval studies, so my reading should be taken with a grain of salt.
Read moreMarch 25, 2025A year ago, a friend of mine had the idea to visit Namibia—often referred to as the “Gems of Africa” because of its diversity of animals and biomes. I’m not entirely sure how he came up with the idea. Maybe it was due to the country’s connection to Germany during its colonial period, or perhaps some algorithmic push from the “machine gods” in his feed. Whatever the reason, he asked our friend group if we were up for joining him. Another friend said yes, but I couldn’t go because it overlapped with some exams I had to take at university. However, I promised him that next semester, I would choose modules that allowed me to have some free time, which would overlap with theirs.
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Conclave (2024) Paul Tillich’s notion of faith, as described in The Dynamics of Faith, is used, which I approve In the course of a long life in the service of our Mother th e Church, let me tell you that there is one sin I have come to fear above all others. Certainty. Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance. Even Christ was not certain at the end.Dec. 23
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Fun musical movie, perfect for the Christmas season. It looks gorgeous—stop-motion with a kind of puppetry and everything is extremely well made. Not just the set design, but the composition as well. If there’s something deeper to say about it thematically, it might be a critique of reductionism: one can understand all the elements of a greater concept and still fail to grasp it, because sometimes the whole is more than the sum of its parts. 8/10Dec. 18
Quest of Fire Very unique movie. How many movies or stories in general do you know that take place 80,000 years ago, when we humans were still “half-apes”? Such a unique concept: a tribe of early humans that doesn’t know how to make fire and for whom fire is holy. When their fire goes out, they have to go on a quest to find new fire for their tribe.
