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the sufficient exercise of the clearing

There is too much self in my writing. Do you know the term Lukacs uses to describe aesthetic structure? Eine fensterlose Monade. I do not want to be a windowless monad – my training and trainers opposed subjectivity strongly, I have struggled since the beginning to drive my thought out into
Simon Taylor 06 Feb 2007

die tausend Finsternisse todbringender Rede

There is the conversation I can’t have This is the conversation I can’t have I live the conversation I can’t have ~
Simon Taylor 06 Feb 2007

an island narrative

The horizon of what is known extends far out beyond what is seen. But there is still doubt about whether either has any bearing on what is. Lawrence Durrell writes, We all seek rational reasons for believing in the irrational. This statement comes as a note, an excerpt from the
Simon Taylor 31 Jan 2007

theatres of shadow

Yes, the flow of sense is a theatre of shadows, but this does not mean that we should neglect it and focus on “real struggle” – in a way, this very theatre of shadows is the crucial site of the struggle; everything is ultimately decided here. – Slavoj Zizek (in Organs without Bodies, p. 31)
Simon Taylor 31 Jan 2007

la betise noire

stupidity is the other of the thought that thought does not negate philosophy starts from misosophy that which is incommunicable is in communication
Simon Taylor 25 Jan 2007

wellspring & datepalm

even in Deleuze the wellspring and the datepalm. But this, these, not above all. The important articulation is of the ‘and’, the conjunction. And lose now the definite articles: wellspring and datepalm. The problem is that of the role of sexed reproduction with regard to speciation and the interdependence, the
Simon Taylor 25 Jan 2007

whore 2/ culture 0

what gives us most cause for thought is the fact that we do not yet think – Martin Heidegger
Simon Taylor 25 Jan 2007

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