Lovecraft - explorer of the outside
To experience horror in front of someone or something is characteristic of everyone, to experience causeless horror is a feature of subtle, sensitive subjects, but few are capable of recognizing horror as the main and defining constant of being, and Lovecraft is one of those few. The mental constitution, character, specific life experience can, of course, contribute to a tragic worldview, but to universalize the concept of "horror" a deep metaphysical foundation is needed, which Lovecraft found in the modern scientific picture of the universe.
We all know that the earth is a speck of dust in an infinite space, that human life is less than nothing, and yet this does not prevent anyone from building houses and plans, raising children, making a career or constantly thinking about a better future. According to Lovecraft, fear closes our eyes and ears with a saving veil of illusion. And so we do not hear the howling of cosmic chaos.
©E.V. Golovin
#Lovecraft
@eurasianyouth
To experience horror in front of someone or something is characteristic of everyone, to experience causeless horror is a feature of subtle, sensitive subjects, but few are capable of recognizing horror as the main and defining constant of being, and Lovecraft is one of those few. The mental constitution, character, specific life experience can, of course, contribute to a tragic worldview, but to universalize the concept of "horror" a deep metaphysical foundation is needed, which Lovecraft found in the modern scientific picture of the universe.
We all know that the earth is a speck of dust in an infinite space, that human life is less than nothing, and yet this does not prevent anyone from building houses and plans, raising children, making a career or constantly thinking about a better future. According to Lovecraft, fear closes our eyes and ears with a saving veil of illusion. And so we do not hear the howling of cosmic chaos.
©E.V. Golovin
#Lovecraft
@eurasianyouth