Pathos | Help Me Feel Something Again
The Greek word pathos means "suffering," "experience," or "emotion." It was borrowed into English in the 16th century, and for English speakers, the term usually refers to the emotions produced by tragedy or a depiction of tragedy.
In Aristotle's theory, to have an emotion is to experience pain, pleasure or both, where this pain or pleasure is intentional and representational.
An emotion is pain or pleasure at the emotion's object, where that object is represented in ways that give grounds for the particular emotion experienced.
Aristotle's development of this view had some limitations, but the view itself seems to have considerable merits.
The following series of photos have woken up a particular emotion within me at either times of photographing or editing them. And while this emotion consumed me, it also purified me of having to commit to it. I came to certain ends just to realize that some emotions must end.
Some dialogues below are from my pure imagination; however, the last 3 bold quotes are from the book and movie "Call Me By Your Name".
Some dialogues below are from my pure imagination; however, the last 3 bold quotes are from the book and movie "Call Me By Your Name".
- "What was it that feeling? This emotion that you didn't feel like it controls you."
- "I don't know. I felt it once and then never again! They never believed me but it was real."
"You felt it all along, didn't you?"
"....the beginning of the end."
"I used to feel everything. My emotions had power over me...but not anymore."
"Now, I barely recognize myself."
"It's been ages since the last time I felt free."
"How do you look at the horizon and not see God looking right back at you?"
"How do you look at people and not believe we're all here for a purpose?"
"How do you live your life not fearing when it will end?"
"When will you give yourself a second chance to feel something real?"
"Would you do it all over again?"
"Go through everything once more and watch yourself fly soaring through the clouds just to reach the epiphany you always sought after to then come crashing down to your bones."
"Perhaps not all emotions have to begin and end with suffering.
Perhaps, you can help me feel something again."
"When you least expect it, nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spot."
"We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster that we go bankrupt by the age of 30 and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything—what a waste!"
