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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

Hell is other people!
Jean-Paul Sartre

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22 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2009

22 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. Bernard says:
    August 16, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    I love the picture….but can’t agree with Jean-Paul.
    That picture is every bit a Monet (the style looks just like his “Autumn at Argenteuil”). You’ll be exhibiting at the Louvre next!

  2. Phidelm says:
    August 16, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    Sadly true, that quote. Lovely palette and manipulation of the image, C.

  3. jameshigham says:
    August 16, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    How much do you believe in the Sartre dictum?

    • CherryPie says:
      August 17, 2009 at 6:26 pm

      I haven’t read any of his works although I know the basic premise his ideas. Which particular aspect of it were you referring to?

  4. Denise says:
    August 16, 2009 at 11:03 pm

    Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm depends when and where

  5. jams O'Donnell says:
    August 16, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    As is heaven… Sadly far more people create hell than heaven

  6. luisa brehm says:
    August 17, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    right !!!
    love your painting too ….
    lots of kissesssssssssssssssssssssss

  7. Welshcakes Limoncello says:
    August 18, 2009 at 12:33 am

    Sartre is much neglected these days, I’m sad to say. As de Beauvoir said, “He’s the one author who never lets you down.” “L’enfer, c’est les autres” is from “Huis Clos” or “In Camera” in English. You need to see or read the play to see what he meant. But it’s also a reference to individual reaponsibility to others in the context of wartime resistance. For example, if a French resistance group blew up a German supply train, they might have done some good, but they also knew that there would be reprisals, so what is their responsibility to others? Sorry, I tend to go on a bit when it comes to Sartre and Simone.

  8. ubermouth says:
    August 18, 2009 at 5:44 am

    Isn’t that the truth?

  9. liz says:
    August 18, 2009 at 9:03 am

    Oh very true!

  10. Sean Jeating says:
    August 19, 2009 at 12:58 am

    Well … not many of us would admit that (at least sometimes) we are other people’s hell, hm? :)

  11. Claudia says:
    August 19, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    Yes! I think that Sartre was describing himself. Reading about him, he wasn’t that much fun to be with. Pauvre Simone!

    It was great to discover your Flickr. Interesting photos and tableaux.