the manifesto of the absurd

vic & woc
(from German by wildpoppy)

A ghost walks the globe – it is the gost of absurdism

Under the banner of civilization, on the pretext of progress, everything which is not subject to the law to profitability is banned from our way of thinking. But night is more important than day, thought is more important than deed. Nothing but awareness determines the reality of mankind.

Man is being drilled and enslaved in factories, in offices, in armies

In spite of it all, human kind is still granted the biggest grace of all, which is mental freedom. It is in each single one of us to not give away this freedom easily. In case we permit our fantasy to be chained, in case we oppress our thinking, we will lose everything we can find hidden in the depths of our inner selves.

Absurdism serves the one and only purpose to open up this immeasurable wealth within human life for us

Absurdism strictly opposes what is called reality

It denudes the advanced paradox within our society, which leaves people in a lightless game of inherited norms and regulations. Absurdism invents colours, shapes, words and gestures in order to elevate human existence into an all-embracing firmament.

Along the horizon the sun of absurdism shines brightly and feeds the power of absurd action.

Absurdism is not just another school of art

Only absurdism provides the possibility to reveal the unalienable rights of the individual and to get to the bottom of mental truth. This is the defined target of absurdism: experience this last self-evident truth, transfer it into concrete terms and make it accessible to everyone.

For this reason absurdism chooses a language of controlled arbitrariness, in which coincidence and absurdity melt into one word, born exactly where art manifests itself in a point of no existence.

BEING ABSURDIST MEANS                                 gripping life at its arm

BEING ABSURDIST MEANS                                 daring the leap into one´s own face

BEING ABSURDIST MEANS                                  being unbounded and susceptible to the hidden joys of our time

BEING ABSURDIST MEANS                                   ironing your foot already in the early morning.

Absurdism is a branch awaiting the bird. It despises nothing and no one and in the absurd stays loyal to itself.

Become an absurdist

And do not think of the day after. Hand out swallows to the neighbourhood and sit at the lakeside at nightfall.

But be prepared! Absurdism is a sneaking poison. It has your wheels rotate in vacant space and leads you into nothingness.

Absurdism is universal life.
In case we denied absurdism, we would deny ourselves.