𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 [#constructivism]
propaganda textile, RSFSR, 1920s-1930s

"It is not possible to understand the present time if one does not know what kind of reversal has occurred particularly in the last third of the 19th century. Someone still of the 14th century, speaking of the ideal of races, of the ideal of nations, spoke out of developing qualities of human development.

"But someone who nowadays speaks of the ideal of races and nations and belonging to a clan, speaks of decaying impulses of humanity. [...] nothing will humanity bring itself more into decay, than if the ideals of races, nations and blood were to continue. 

"Nothing will be a greater hindrance for the further development of mankind than the conservation of the ideals held by earlier centuries, preserved [...] in declarations about the ideals based on nations. The true ideals for the future must be, not what is based on 'blood', but what we find solely in the spiritual world."

Rudolf Steiner

𝘔𝘻 601 [#dada]
mixed media art by Kurt Schwitters, Germany, 1922

"Sole dell'avvenire"
The sun of the Future

"You look up when you desire to be exalted. And I look down, because I am exalted" Friedrich Nietzsche (thus Spoke Zarathustra)

"The ironist is an actor in the drama of not knowing and of false knowledge. He is acting a part. He is wearing a mask. And in this way he seperates the actors from their masks. His words are false (and he knows that they are false), but their goal is truth. He acts out alienation in order to disalienate himself and others. He assumes the role of the villian and, if necessary, pretends to be behaving in bad faith, but by a process of dissimulation he supersedes bad faith, as well as superseding that crass and simplistic phenomenon , genuine or assumed, known as 'a clear conscience' " -Henri Lefebvre

"Far more profoundly, the Greeks identified the powers of darkness with the Titans, one of whom stole fire from the sun. History begins with a crime: Prometheus stealing time from eternity and consciousness from the gods, as indifferent and distant as the heart of nature itself. No creation, no invention without a sin against what was and what wants only to be, world without end. Every step forward is a sin: Oedipus, Socrates, Ulysses. Myths speak of power, and justify it. Only with the myth of the devil is power challenged." Henri Lefebvre

"As for the idea of nature 'in-itself', it carries with it great illusion. Leisure activities and holidays must be the true life. The true life starts the moment we go away. Pure nature and pure pleasure must go hand in hand. Alas, this is how labor, family and objective morality call the wandering sheep back into the fold. For those whose eyes are dazzled by the illusion, what is real becomes the opposite of what is true, and life as it truly is (real life) becomes the opposite of the true life. The true life parts company with life as it truly is. And the ideal loses its link with reality. they are severed forever. Reality reveals truth to be an illusion, and the phony exaltation of nature destroys our link with the world as it truly is. after this mutual belittlement, what are we left with? an enormous disappointment."
Henri Lefebvre

Hey everyone, sorry for the long break in-between posts. I have been meaning to make this announcement for some time now, all plans for TNG are on hold, posts will probably continue to be sporadic and no longer entirely focused on TNG itself. im not shutting down the channel but if you are here just for the New Generation and not the graphic design posts then I'm sorry. TNG is not dead its just now on hiatus as i focus on personal stuff. -Crux