Wednesday, June 22, 2005
BEING AND EMPTINESS
Wall-eyed ideas guy Jean-Paul Sartre ain’t loved no more:
France celebrated the 100th anniversary of Sartre’s birth Tuesday with a number of activities, including a National Library exhibit featuring letters, photos, interviews and manuscripts that belonged to the famed father of existentialism, who died in 1980.
However, organizers say the exhibit, which runs until Aug. 21, has drawn a disappointing number of visitors.
Sartre might have enjoyed this line, however:
“I have no recollection,” 22-year-old Jean-Francois Vergnoux admitted to the Associated Press. “It’s terrible – it’s total emptiness when I think about him.”
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