The Art of Suffering: Embracing Life's Extreme Tension
2025-02-07
The author contrasts the luxurious setting of a New Year's Eve party with his unique attitude towards suffering. Instead of avoiding pain, he views it as a medium for artistic creation, examining and experiencing it with heightened sensitivity and poetic perspective, transforming it into a richer, more authentic life experience. This is a philosophy of 'love of fate' (Amor fati), rejecting mediocrity and embracing the extreme tension of life, a stark contrast to the prevalent ideas of 'self-management' and 'seeking tranquility'.
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