And more lemmas for the rest of this week.

“Be good to yourself.” This, for me, since Reeducation, is a radical notion. Also, while it may be true that without his Parisian poverty Vallejo would never have come to the perceptions which undergird some of his greatest poems, I disagree that without Reeducation I would not have realized certain things, or achieved certain realizations. … More And more lemmas for the rest of this week.

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 La extranjera A Francis de Miomandre —«Habla con dejo de sus mares bárbaros, con no sé qué algas y no sé qué arenas; reza oración a dios sin bulto y peso, envejecida como si muriera. En huerto nuestro que nos hizo extraño, ha puesto cactus y zarpadas hierbas. Alienta del resuello del desierto y ha … More More from TALA

Du plaisir

The things I used to work on are beautiful and fascinating but I never stopped to enjoy them, really, because from time immemorial I had been employing the efficiency model in the interest of getting things done, making deadlines. Other people may have explored as undergraduates or beginning graduate students but my friends and I … More Du plaisir

Beber

I think this is from Tala. BEBER Al doctor Pedro de Alba Recuerdo gestos de criaturas y son gestos de darme el agua. En el valle de Río Blanco, en donde nace el Aconcagua, llegué a beber, salté a beber en el fuete de una cascada, que caía crinada y dura y se rompía yerta … More Beber

Katrina 9

Incredibly, Friday is the ninth anniversary of the storm. Rising Tide, the bloggers’ conference that grew out of this, is on September 13 this year, which means I may be able to go. Will you be there too? I have to be back in Maringouin by evening, because I like Maringouin now and have something … More Katrina 9

De l’objectivité

In Reeducation, as we know, my ability to remain objective and maintain a certain level of detachment from things was considered to be a lack of affect … when really it was just a professional skill, as well as an unwillingness to participate in histrionics. Did I need really destructive treatment … a lethal blow … More De l’objectivité

Des faits nouvelles

A look at psychoanalytic literature is always enlightening and also engrossing, and I would have studied this full time or would do (it is another way I would betray my current, and apparently very jealous profession). I see that the “false self” that U.S. psychotherapy associates with success, is not what the notion of “false … More Des faits nouvelles

For this week

Stand up for yourself. But if I do, I will be killed. But what if that is not true any longer? That is the exercise for this week. For the semester and the future, sweeping away all the complex cobwebs, the line and program is: 1. The original disaster happened because I was too intimidated … More For this week