Reflection from Friedrich Hagel

The human being is this Night, this empty nothingness that contains everything in its simplicity - a wealth of infinitely many representations, images, none of which appear directly, yet all of which are fully present. This is Night, the interior

(Image from the artist Lindsay Tiry)

of Nature, which exists here, pure Self... We encounter this Night when we look another in the eye - a Night that turns terrible. Confronting us - now is the night of the world.