No analysis of Woody’s psyche? I hope you’ll do that at some point.
One thing that struck me about the quotes you included is how completely he objectifies people. No nuance: “all men fear death,” “a Great Woman.” I don’t know: he’s a much better film director than a philosopher. But he is a great director partly because his characters bring the personal touch to an otherwise sterile philosophy.
Best of Woody Allen; there's a reason sex has been described as a "little death." And therein lies a clue---that in the moment of surrender we cease to be a circumscribed individual, and join with something larger than ourselves. The flow of another, the flow of the universe. Something bigger than the embodied "I."
No analysis of Woody’s psyche? I hope you’ll do that at some point.
One thing that struck me about the quotes you included is how completely he objectifies people. No nuance: “all men fear death,” “a Great Woman.” I don’t know: he’s a much better film director than a philosopher. But he is a great director partly because his characters bring the personal touch to an otherwise sterile philosophy.
Best of Woody Allen; there's a reason sex has been described as a "little death." And therein lies a clue---that in the moment of surrender we cease to be a circumscribed individual, and join with something larger than ourselves. The flow of another, the flow of the universe. Something bigger than the embodied "I."