Bergelheid: Die Zuschauerin

Montag, 13. September 2010

Die Zuschauerin

"Eine Ethik des Mitleidens braucht eine Ergänzung durch die noch höhere Ethik der Freundschaft."

"Mitfreude, nicht Mitleiden, macht den Freund."
Friedrich Nietzsche

Manchmal, wenn man die feinsten, kurzesten Gesichtsausdrücke eines Anderen, sogar eines Fremden, sehr genau betrachtet, sieht man wie schwer es tatsächlich ist, trotz aller Bemühungen, diese noch höhere Ethik zu erreichen. Sogar wenn eine junge Dame ihren hübschen, (besonders) großen Prinz endlich findet, kann man den komischen Eindruck bekommen, dass die ganze Welt nicht immer mitfeiert.

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This blog is grounded on the principle that, by including cartoons, it is absolved of any need to justify its existence by having something of particular value to say. While all drawings are based upon real, observed scenes, incidental details (e.g. clothing, faces, bodily proportions, genders) may have been amended (because of limitations in memory and artistic competence) and facial expressions changed (in an attempt to more fully depict the soul of the protagonists, unless it was the facial expression that amused me in the first place, in which case it is reproduced as accurately as possible).

In addition to language practice, a secondary function of the blog is to serve as a permanent record of original drawings (of variable relevance and quality), which will mostly have been strewn across the cafes and restaurants of Heidelberg and thereby have saved me the trouble of eventually losing and / or destroying them (by passing this role on to another via a form of ostensibly generous littering).