“In other words, it is not in craving after ready-made, complete and finished things that love finds its meaning ― but in the urge to participate in the becoming of such things. Love is akin to transcendence; it is but another name for creative drive and as such is fraught with risks, as all creation is never sure where it is going to end.”
Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Love: On the Frailty of Human Bonds
Today I’m holding gratitude for Zygmunt Bauman, who died a couple of days ago, on January 9th, Dr Bauman was 91 years old.
Zygmunt Bauman was sociologist and philosopher, whose early life was liquid; born in Poland, his family escaped the Nazi invasion by heading into the USSR, he served in the military, studied in Warsaw, emigrated to Israel, and a few years later moved to England.
Bauman’s writings have been, and continue to be very influential in my life, especially his use of the images “Solid” (modern) and “Liquid” (postmodern). Zygmunt Bauman was a prolific writer… I mean check out his “Author Page” on Amazon; I think almost 60 books, plus hundreds of essays. Below are images of just a handful of this titles.
“The updated version of Descartes’s Cogito is ‘I am seen, therefore I am’ – and that the more people who see me, the more I am…”
Zygmunt Bauman, Moral Blindness: The Loss of Sensitivity in Liquid Modernity
“Real dialogue isn’t about talking to people who believe the same things as you.”
― Zygmunt Bauman
Rest in peace, dwight
