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"Don't be afraid of happiness: it doesn't exist. " Michel Houellebecq

A psychological axiom of Nietzsche is that humans are always attempting to inflict their wills upon others. Every action toward another individual stems from a deep-down desire to bring that person under one's power in one way or another. Whether a person is giving gifts, claiming to be in love with someone, giving someone praise, or physically harming someone, the psychological motive is the same: to exert one's will over others. This presupposition entails that all human beings are ultimately and exclusively egoistic by nature. Therefore, according to Nietzsche, there are no truly altruistic actions. The will to power is not, however, limited to the psychology of human beings. Rather, the it is the underlying noumenal reality of the universe, which manifests itself in various ways in everything and everyone. Growth, self-preservation, domination, and upward mobility are some of the basic elements of this will, which everything in the world exhibits, according to Nietzsche.

"I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to calm me.
I have seen the writing on the wall.
Don't think I need anything at all.
No! Don't think I'll need anything at all.
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.
All in all you were all just bricks in the wall."
Pink Floyd
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~StrixCZ May 11, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Creepy - it reminds me of the "inprisoned souls" in one of the textures of Doom 2.
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Mood: Joy ~Mik2mei Mar 3, 2011
kinda creepy but really cool :)
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*EvidentlyChickentown Nov 22, 2010
spooky image!
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~avalanchepark Nov 22, 2010
like this image - sort of an intimidating scene but the cuteness of the doll faces defuses it and makes an interesting confusion.

Nietzsche must have had a happy life - consumed with dominating others and avoiding being dominated . I wonder if this part of life doesn't ebb and flow in relation to want in general - altruism is greatly helped by already having all you want yourself . Some people can never satisfy that hunger to control- but all people are not obese even though some can never fill their hunger for food. Ego is a little like that (not that you asked :>)
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~Tsvorla Nov 22, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
I love how you used this art to convey this concept- it works very well and gets the point across. I especially love how the eyes just seem to pop out, whether in envy or pride or choose your sin/ homonculus (Imma nerd). I just can't help feeling sad at the whole prospect, though.

So here's the question: we're in this wall, right? How do we break it?
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Mood: Excited ~Lymphy12 Nov 22, 2010
thats just kickass!!!
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~freefall127 Nov 22, 2010
i really like the pic but as to the description - do you know how much trouble it is to be responsible other people? it's a huge headache. it's hard to live without influencing the lives of others while maintaining any kind of human relationship. anyway, count me out.
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~bamitsmaxeen Nov 22, 2010  Student Traditional Artist
I really like this, and the concepts and ideology behind it. It's very thought provoking.
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~Mesmer1sed Nov 22, 2010
Great photo, and such a true parallel - The Wall does respond to certain themes of Nietzsche's works, there's much emphasis on the destructive side of the 'will to power' in it.
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*eDDie-TK Nov 22, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
well ! kinda freaky, but cool !
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