Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Contrast

Sddhartha imagery is different from the one evoked by the dada artists because the goal of Buddhim is to remove all desire and self-interest. From this stand point it is clear that the Buddhism has a goal that is achievable. For instance, sexual desire can be avoided and until now we have people in our society who continue to achieve this goal. however, Dadaism goal is to reject all things that exist already and the replacement of those things are not achievable. For example, Hugo Ball said that "I don't want words that other people have invented". Hugo speaking for Dadaists is not realistic and his imagery is unrealistic.  Moreover, Buddhists believe that there is no salvation or an afterlife but they believe in rebirth. Therefore, Buddhists only reject certain things from the real world. However, Dadaists refuse to integrate themselves to the real world. Accepting partially the real world by Buddhists constitute a huge difference between them and Dadaists. This curiosity allowed Siddhartha to go for the discovery of the real world that he could learn from  his school. This adventure had a happy ending because Siddhartha was able to appreciate the new things that he learned. For example, he did not have sin before he discovered the new world but he felt that the sin was necessary for him to experience on his body and his soul. However, Siddhartha imaginary paradise was not comparable to the life experienced by Dadaists in Germany in 1932 because the war devastated their lives so that they lost hope from their own world. People usually lose hope in hard time and fear could lead to a poor decision. In one hand we have dadaists who were terrified by the war and in the other hand a buddist who was living in a peaceful World. This peace gives him an opportunity to open his life to the real world meanwhile dadaists decided to leave it.      

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