My greatest desire in life is to contribute to the beautiful. Often in my youth I’d feel a painful envy after finishing a beautiful book, film or show. The jealousy of wishing I could make people feel like that work of art made me feel. The essence of Alterity lies in Beauty.
In the end it's all about love.
The love for your partner, family, friends, nation or race (in many definitions of that word), for principles and ideas.
When you love someone you discriminate the rest and that's beautiful. Universal love and care are just abstractions.
Today I'm launching Dionysianism. It's where we believe in Dionysus but only as a kind of theatrical concept while strictly abstaining from wine and frivolity. Our forthcoming volume will explain why Apollonianism is Jewish.