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words i · soren kierkegaard from the sickness unto death on the danger of losing one’s sense of self.

film · knight of cups by terrence malick loosely follows the hymn of the pearl with echoes of existentialism and navigating between the finite and the infinite.

sculptures · many of james turrell’s sky space pieces play with the perception of light and color by manipulating what is known and finite with what is expansive and ever-changing.

words ii · from the hymn of the pearl - the acts of thomas which describes the moment in which the prince is reacquainted with his true self. the original author is unknown but is attributed by some to the syriac or parthian gnostic, bardaisan.

painting · caravaggio’s sacrifice of isaac represents the truest example of the knight of faith, researched and written extensively by kierkegaard, and explored in our film.

sound · pink floyd · us and them