In Terms of Meaning

Abstract

‘In Terms of Meaning’ is written during the isolation phase of the Covid-19 and reflects on the phenomena of the disappearance of things. It is a personal response to a shortage of toilet paper and of the author’s underwear. Referring to Timothy Morton’s (hyper)objects and Kant’s concept of the things’ independence, the text playfully probes into connotations and notions such as the human-anthropocentric transition in relation to the invisible and visible object, the emotional dependence on things and the deep fracture between us, things and the world.