A new series from Better Strangers about fighting nihilism, believing in magic, and making art, told through the work of the acclaimed comics writer Alan Moore.
This post is really very intriguing. Although I also struggle with depression, I don't think I have the same takes on Nihilism as those you described. Talking about fictional attitudes toward meaninglessness I gravitate toward the end of "O Lucky Man" (https://youtu.be/kTsvTMKp2N4?si=hVrLQSwfz_R0cOgN). I think the search for meaning is itself meaningless. Imagining that the universe is comprehensible is absurdly hubristic. I think it's far more reasonable to try to discover who we are as individuals and a species; how we fit into the world, and what we find beautiful and moving.
Just based on that comment, I think you're going to like this series a lot. To be clear: the nihilism that I'm discussing here is specifically "existential nihilism," which is a particularly bleak and pessimistic version, and does NOT encompass all forms of nihilism -- I know there are stoic/Buddhist versions of it that aren't remotely as grim. But a lot of people get trapped in the grim version of it (particularly right now with things being in such a dark place politically), and I think most of what we're offered is this existentialist/absurdist "search for meaning" stuff that, like you say, doesn't really get you anywhere. What I'm gonna be writing about is something different that fits what you're describing pretty well, actually.
This post is really very intriguing. Although I also struggle with depression, I don't think I have the same takes on Nihilism as those you described. Talking about fictional attitudes toward meaninglessness I gravitate toward the end of "O Lucky Man" (https://youtu.be/kTsvTMKp2N4?si=hVrLQSwfz_R0cOgN). I think the search for meaning is itself meaningless. Imagining that the universe is comprehensible is absurdly hubristic. I think it's far more reasonable to try to discover who we are as individuals and a species; how we fit into the world, and what we find beautiful and moving.
Just based on that comment, I think you're going to like this series a lot. To be clear: the nihilism that I'm discussing here is specifically "existential nihilism," which is a particularly bleak and pessimistic version, and does NOT encompass all forms of nihilism -- I know there are stoic/Buddhist versions of it that aren't remotely as grim. But a lot of people get trapped in the grim version of it (particularly right now with things being in such a dark place politically), and I think most of what we're offered is this existentialist/absurdist "search for meaning" stuff that, like you say, doesn't really get you anywhere. What I'm gonna be writing about is something different that fits what you're describing pretty well, actually.
I didn't think you could top the Mutual Aid series, but I am so unbelievably stoked for this next one!
Thank you, Eden!