We simultaneously dwell in two worlds: the world of the objective and the world of the subjective. Existentialism is the philosophy that analyzes (or experiences) the tension between these worlds. One could call it being objective about being subjective. Or is it the subjectivity of objectivity?
Each world believes that it alone is the true world, spinning off a series of rationales that obscure the true relationship between the worlds, whatever that is. Each world views the other as an attached appendage, a minor portion of its own reality - a lopsided connection. All objective reality is viewed through the lens of someone's subjective reality, rendering objective reality as an unattainable fantasy. Likewise all subjective experience is objectively viewed as circumstantial, falling short of what is objectively true. That is just two ways of saying the same thing.
The lovers yearn each for the other. Only "wine" can unite them. Is that love or hope or faith, or is it the intoxicant that overrides the laws of physics and reveals that the fundamental particle of truth is identical to the fundamental particle of beauty? That would embody the confluence of the two seas.
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