{"product_id":"faust-metamorphosis-of-plants-misprint","title":"Faust \/ Metamorphosis of Plants — *Misprint*","description":"\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e*Misprint*\u003c\/span\u003e— \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 170, 255);\"\u003eDiscounted 20%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 170, 255);\"\u003eMay have slightly misprinted graphics, small holes or marks\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10oz Dark Gray Crewneck\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e50% Cotton 50% Polyester - Made in USA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 86, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"85\" width=\"372\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/CrewneckSizeChart.png?v=1764718057\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMephisto visits Faust in his Study:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-12-04_at_11.30.26_AM.jpg?v=1764869451\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-11-15_at_4.01.59_PM.jpg?v=1764869292\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-11-15_at_4.05.07_PM.jpg?v=1764869303\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-11-15_at_3.40.27_PM.jpg?v=1764869319\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does the name “Faust” refer to in the context of the band name?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean-Hervé Peron: It is German for “fist” which is a symbol for revolution which is what we thought we were part of and maybe we were too. Also it is the name of a work by Goethe where a man sells his soul to obtain what he longs for. This was what we were doing; selling our souls to the music industry in order to do the music we wanted to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFaust IV:\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-12-04_at_11.23.20_AM.jpg?v=1764869049\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Faust Tapes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-12-04_at_11.23.45_AM.jpg?v=1764869049\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis hybrid of English and German material reflected Faust's transitional period: they were moving away from the isolated, commune-based Wumme environment toward a more conventional studio setting, yet retained their experimental ethos. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to producer Uwe Nettelbeck, the band \u003cstrong\u003e\"spent weeks chasing sounds that could not be repeated twice,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e leading to difficulties in finalising mixes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFaust Part 1: “When I say to the Moment flying; \u003cstrong\u003e'Linger a while -- thou art so fair!' \u003c\/strong\u003eThen bind me in thy bonds undying, And my final ruin I will bear!”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBridget Riley, Fall, 1963:\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-12-04_at_11.16.13_AM.jpg?v=1764868625\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-10-25_at_4.05.46_PM.jpg?v=1764868931\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaemonic marketing trick: The album cost: 49 pence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/img_7393.jpg?v=1764870858\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChe reading Goethe:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/s-l400.jpg?v=1764868530\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMetamorphosis of Plants:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat reconciled poetry and politics in his eyes was not aesthetics, but the study of nature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hypothesis: \u003cstrong\u003eEverything is leaf\u003c\/strong\u003e, and through this simplicity,\u003cstrong\u003e the greatest diversity becomes possible\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/447717429_3c8e7a3ef9_z.jpg?v=1764870269\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Goethe's quote \u003cstrong\u003e\"All is leaf\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is perhaps the most famous line from his botanical writings. What exactly did he mean by this?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo argue his case that all is leaf, Goethe assumed that other botanists and plant enthusiasts had observed some degree of similarity in plant parts. \"Anyone who devotes the least attention to the growth of plants can easily note that certain of their external parts are often transformed, assuming, either completely or to some lesser degree, the form of neighboring parts. From this point of consensus, Goethe began to make his case, piece by piece, that all parts of the plant are merely variations on one part. He made the case that the seed, when dissected, appears to be damp and tightly compact leaves. The first sprout out of the ground emerges with two cotyledons. These tiny oval-shaped pieces are not similar to the plants mature leaves, (but tend to look the same from plant to plant, as will later be important for the development of Goethe's theory.) Goethe made the case that the cotyledons are form of leaf.\u003cbr\u003eGoethe argued that the petals of flowering plants are leaves of another color. Proceeding to the next plant part, Goethe desired to convince his readers that they should also view the stamen as a variation of the petal (which, of course, is a variation of the leaf).\" – Goethe's Plant Morphology: The Seeds of Evolution, TANYA KELLEY, 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Skizze-zum-Typus-einer-hoheren-Pflanze-und-Typus-des-Insektes.jpg?v=1764870290\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"She [nature] is the sole artist, creating extreme contrast out of the simplest material, the greatest perfection seemingly without effort, the most definite clarity always veiled with touch of softness. Each of her works has its own being, each of her phenomena its separate idea, and yet all create a single whole.\"  Goethe, The Metamorphosis of Plants\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-11-15_at_5.49.35_PM.jpg?v=1764870226\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTheir existence is characterized by the positive and the negative, by development, progress and evolution, negated in reflux, regressions and revolution. Fruit is the revolution of the plant, for it makes itself an autonomous being. Fruit is the plant backwards, for it grows from the blossom not the root. The leaf is its beginning, the root its end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-11-15_at_4.54.14_PM.jpg?v=1764870307\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Everything that has been round about us from youth, with which we are nevertheless only superficially acquainted, always seems ordinary and trivial to us, so familiar, so commonplace that we hardly give it a second thought.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-11-15_at_4.17.36_PM.jpg?v=1764870322\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegular Metamorphosis: This involves a step-by-step progression from seed to fruit, showcasing nature's hierarchical development leading to reproduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrregular Metamorphosis: Represents backward steps in development, resulting in forms that, while visually pleasing, lack the inherent force of growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Durchgewachsene_Nelke.jpg?v=1764870352\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nature precludes the possibility of growth in endless stages, for it wants to hasten toward its goal by forming seeds.\" Goethe, The Metamorphosis of Plants\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-12-04_at_11.33.54_AM.jpg?v=1764869650\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndré Masson, Goethe or the Metamorphosis of Plants, 1940\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/Gh9ElSkXMAAbjNg.jpg?v=1764870380\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEsther Leslie: \u003cstrong\u003eGoethe is seeing time: the beginning of everything, of every form. He seeing space: see everything in its entirety', the whole of life unlocked by a single law. \u003c\/strong\u003eHis desire to order plants in time and space was perhaps prompted by book that he picked up in Padua. It was Andrea Palladio's The Four Books of Architecture and it develops a grammar of architectural parts, walls, ceilings, stairs, columns, doors. windows, frames, roofs, details. Perhaps the systematic orderings of this treatise worked on him. In any event, as he continues on his Italian journey, including a visit to the botanical gardens of Palermo in Sicily, he formulates a notion of the primal, archetypal plant and its history. An idea came to Goethe, in a flash. In the organ of the plant which we call the leaf' lies the true Proteus who can hide or reveal himself in all vegetal forms. If we could understand what drives a leaf to take shape, if we can understand what form is and how form forms and reforms itself, we could, perhaps, create any form, any shape, any life. His thoughts that were to be conveyed to Herder noted that he had come to realise that the organ of the plant we ordinarily call the leaf conceals the true Proteus, who can conceal and reveal himself. Backward and forward, he argues, the plant is only leaf, and it is linked so inseparably to the future seed that one should not think of one without the other. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/1590\/8412\/files\/GIdf808XAAEHisc.png?v=1764870368\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An eternal living activity works to create anew what has been created, lest it entrench itself in rigidity.\" from Goethe's poem \"One in All\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFaust in A.D. 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