On Love and Memory

Sonya Wohletz

Some thoughts on modern aesthetics and the realm of the affective. From Otto Dix, to a tale of Gustav Mahler and Gustav Klimt, this four-part historical account cum contemporary journey, spells out the intricacies of love, memory and ritual grief.

Ritual Grief

Sonya Wohletz

During her illness, my mother spoke to me about her own mother’s death.

A More Perfect Grace

Sonya Wohletz

Someone very important to me said that Love is just something people say to start and end conversations.

Heavenly Bodies

Sonya Wohletz

Historiographically, the Renaissance has been conceived of as the rebirth of reason and liberation of thought...

A Tale of Two Gustavs

Sonya Wohletz

Two remarkable artists were working in Vienna whose contributions would bring to surface deep cultural tensions.