la dauphine

http://www.thejanusjournal.com/2021/02/17/finding-the-harmony-in-difference/

What some people coin “The Cult of Righteousness,” or what I’ve personally deemed “being a tyrant of belief” is the idea that your opinion, your way of life, your ethics and values are “above” or “greater” than others. If people don’t agree with you or their opinion or belief differs from yours, they are “wrong” or “bad.” This is particularly the case in group-thinking, but I think we all suffer from it at some point personally. It can permeate many realms of our lives. It can come from thinking you are above someone else because of your lifestyle choices, interests, ideology, spirituality, financial status, job, culture, race, education level, sexuality, gender, even the way you see the world. Historically, this way of thinking has created much harm and has manifested itself to the point where we dominate each other because we believe we hold the “better” beliefs or opinions…

Alain Resnais directing Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada

in “Hiroshima mon amour” .

Fikellura Amphora

East Greek, ca. 525 B.C.

Ceramic