"Byung Chul-Han in his book 'Saving Beauty' defines real beauty as something that 'does not cause pleasure, but shocks' - where you are so drawn in by an person, image to atmosphere that you lose yourself in it."
"Byung-Chul Han interprets the spreading malaise as an inability to manage negative experiences in an age characterized by excessive positivity and the universal availability of people and goods. Stress and exhaustion are not just personal experiences, but social and historical phenomena as well. Thi"
"I think of how Byung Chul-Han wrote that beauty 'does not cause pleasure, but shocks.' Every time I see him it's like looking into the sun; I feel bewildered, almost frightened of lingering my gaze for too long."