ALBERT CAMUS: A Slow Dance with the Absurd

In literary history, the Absurd has been regarded as something horrendous. Albert Camus, a prominent figure in the philosophy of existentialism and in absurdism, urged us to fight against the Absurd feeling (and the eerie sensation of nihilism) in his book "The Myth of Sisyphus".

This is an homage to him.

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The Absurd permeates us all. It's subtle. A quiet hiss in the back of your head, a disconnect trailing you wherever you go. We tend to shy away from it in any way we can. We push people we love in front of it. Friends. Family. Partners.

Slowly, the Absurd grabs hold of our thoughts and rattles them around in our brains. In those moments, it's hard not to feel like a stranger in life.

It's not like the Absurd is a dropped bomb. There's no explosion, no mushroom cloud, no crying spectators. After all, it looks completely normal. It's just you, feeling like the loneliest person in the world.

And while it is unnerving that the Absurd feeling can strike wherever you are, I can't help thinking there's something beautiful to it. It's gracious. It's like a dance, but a certain kind of dance. It lacks the quick steps and attitude of the tango and it lacks the formality of the waltz.

The Absurd is more like a slow dance at a wedding, unfolding between meaning and indifference. Because that's where the Absurd lives. In juxtapositions.

So don't be afraid to slow dance with the Absurd. It's a beautiful act of rebellion.

[Stubbum]

This is beautiful and wonderfully succinct, great job.

[MayurKoitiya]

*Don't be afraid to slow dance with the absurd, it's the beautiful act old rebellion*
This video is something else :))

[wissamdalloul]

I wish this feeling comes back to me.. now I'm numb and apathetic towards everything..

[TheByErkin]

Well done! What's name of the music piece?

[theginganinjaofficial]

Where do I send requests to use this audio?

[bds]

Camus enrages me! Whence these values in beauty, perseverance? To acknowledge absurdity is to acknowledge that there ultimately is no value, it is an illusion. Suicide, not living, is an act of rebellion. Living is only a rebellion to death, not to absurdity. Absurdity does not exist without life, and so living enables, prolongs, and supports absurdity. The most absurd thing a person can do is to accept absurdity and live anyway. Even if living was somehow a way to defeat absurdity, what does one gain by this? Happiness? How can one be happy knowing life is absurd?


The only remotely powerful reponse I've seen to absurdity is the likes of William Lane Craig's, which rejects absurdity altogether.