1. Kafkaesque ► Nightmarish situation ► Surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger

2. Surrealism ► Artistic and literary style in which fantastic visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the work logically comprehensible. ► Proponents sought to express the irrational and the unconscious, especially as manifested in dreams

3. Drawing Hands

4. The Spirit of Geometry

5. The Collective Invention

6. The Human Condition

7. The Persistence of Memory

8. The Lugubrious Game

9. Shadow

10. Metamorphosis of Narcissus

11. The Temptation of St. Anthony

12. The Little Deer

13. Some ideas about Existentialism ► Meaning is a social construction ► Truth and moral standards are a human fabrication ► No rational basis can be found for a moral situation ► Our choices make who we are; there is no human nature ► We define ourselves through living ► Mankind has freewill

14. ► 1. Life is a series of choices which creates stress. ► 2. There are no universal guidelines for most decisions. Our choices are based on our experiences, beliefs, and biases ► 3. Because we make our own choices we are free. This makes us completely responsible for our choices. ► 4. This leads to anxiety ► 5. People try to escape this anxiety by ignoring or denying their freedom and responsibility. ► 6. Existentialists criticize this flight from freedom and responsibility. ► 7. To live meaningfully one must become aware of the human situation and accept it.

15. Kierkegaard ► “I must find a truth that is true for me…the idea for which I can live or die.” He believed we choose our own fulfillment. The human situation is ambiguous and absurd. The only meaningful response is to live a totally committed life, which can only be understood by the individual. He ultimately advocated Christianity which he believed the only commitment to the individual from despair.

16. Heidegger ► He argued that humanity finds itself in a incomprehensible, indifferent world. Human beings can never hope to understand why they are here. Instead, each individual must choose a goal and follow it with passionate conviction, aware of the certainty of death and the ultimate meaninglessness of one’s life.