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Sunset (Sonnenuntergang) by Emil Nolde (1909)

Bold, wild Expressionist sunset painting with blazing yellows, crimsons, blues, and grays; exemplifies the freedom to please oneself with direct, primitive response.

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Thinkers (1)

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  • Emil Nolde
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    Expressionist painter whose works contain a rough, blinding-light quality comparable to mystical art, yet without explicit religious origins.

Concepts (2)

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  • Pleasing Yourself
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    The core prescription of the chapter: making what truly pleases you at the deepest level, which Alexander argues is the key to creating all living structure and the path to the I.
  • Childlike Innocence
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    The state of pure, unselfconscious making where one pleases oneself absolutely, free from rules and concepts—the closest we can come to the egoless state.