“a relation conceived as a pure or absolute between, a between understood as fully independent of or external to its terms—and thus a between that can just as well be described as ‘between’ nothing at all.”
“Holy Spirit is a collective field of pure virtuality, with no causal power of its own. “
“for Deleuze, desire at its purest stands for the free flow of libido, while the Lacanian drive is constitutively marked by a basic unresolvable deadlock — drive is a deadlock, an impasse, which finds satisfaction (“passé”) in the very repetition of the impasse.”
Sibelius vs Mahler → style as artistic integrity → restraint vs recklessness (postmodern) → failure as substance
“Parsifal is a failure”