{"id":5110,"date":"2013-10-31T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=5110"},"modified":"2013-10-30T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T16:30:33","slug":"from-the-archives-order-and-chaos-chez-hans-reichel-by-henry-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-order-and-chaos-chez-hans-reichel-by-henry-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives: “Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel” by Henry Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"orderchaos\"<\/a>This week, while scouting out interesting rare books in the Archives & Special Collections, I came across a beautiful rendition of Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel<\/i><\/a> created by Loujon Press, an independent publishing company in Tucson, Arizona. Published in 1966, Miller wrote this short book for his friend Reichel, a starving and depressed German water colorist – both men lived in Paris in the Villa Seurat on the Impasse du Rouet amongst intellectual friends such as Anais Nin and Alfred Perles. Lawrence Durrell introduces Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel<\/i> by contextualizing the book as a happy, festive work bringing light to the ominous world of pre-invasion Paris. The book consists of many letters, doodles, photographs, and some copies of Reichel\u2019s water colors collected by Miller, expounding upon the arts, the human condition, and the adventurous happenings of their bohemian lives. This excerpt encapsulates Miller\u2019s overarching philosophical message in Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel<\/i>:<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything\u2019s fine and dandy – until the end. Death is salvation, liberation. Long live \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 death! One gets along alright with death\u2026 One is habituated to dying since \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 thousands of centuries. As for life – we have not yet become accustomed to living. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why? Because we have never fully lived\u2026 One just begins to get used to life – and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pouf! One is already dead\u2026 This real life always begins with renunciation of life\u2026 In \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 becoming a human being one loses his humanity\u2026 the \u2018you\u2019 of whom they speak – \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 where is it? Who<\/i> are you?\u201d<\/p>\n

This artists\u2019 book is the third in the Gypsy Lou Series published by Louise and Jon Webb of Loujon Press. Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel<\/i> provides an escape into the harum-scarum, blithe artistic community of 1930s Paris, and is a great read for anyone interested in wartime writing and philosophy.<\/p>\n

By Maya Steinborn<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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