I am going away for more than a week and I do not intend to post. When I return to Maringouin I will say: Even here, you do not have to suffer. Suffering is a Reeducated requirement, and a requirement in this local culture, but the people who wanted or want you to suffer are … More Og farvel igen
Now everything is beautiful again and it has to do with pleasure. Or the self-love I lost in Reeducation and have difficulty summoning here. It is not this town that is terrible, although it does not suit me; and it is not academia, although I wish I could have done something more interesting. It is … More On getting back to what needs to be done
Someone is President of an organization called Restore Louisiana Now and I am envious — that is the kind of job I want. I think of my law degree and work on globalization and prison industrial complex, or my Near Eastern Studies degree and the active job I would have found in a large, international … More On enthusiasm
Someone said this, and it is the correct attitude. In Reeducation it would have been “denial” and inappropriate generally. One should be felled by everything, call in sick, take leave from work, retire. Reeducation believed in opening veins and draining life out slowly. ♦ That is NOT health. But there was so much discussion about … More “I hope you can get back to what needs to be done”
Check it out. Axé.
This month I have been in San Francisco and New Orleans. I am in Chicago now, confident, industrial and a really big city, and I will be in Houston next weekend. I am having a spectacular U.S. tour and I had not planned on this. Cincinnatti is next, but that is in June. When I … More Sweet Home Chicago
Anytime I go anywhere, I fall in love and want to move there. Last weekend I was in western Marin County, in California. Now I am in New Orleans. You should look at some of these books. I will be in Chicago next, which I like as well — will I fall in love with … More Dreamy City
…upon picking up my mother’s body the other night: One to the other: This is a lot easier. To me: It is a lot easier because it is an old person who has died at home. The last person we picked up was a 17 year old suicide. Axé.
I am formed by natural scenery. People ask why I am calm and it is because I have in the back of my mind the row of high volcanoes on view behind me, the redwood path down which I am making my way, the ocean rushing up to me with its salt. Academics say you … More Formatif: la nature
Here in Maringouin I have given up most recreation because it is an obligation and a chore — the available activities are mildly interesting once, but not more, and it is de rigueur to enjoy them, so they are de facto work. I cannot afford to be in New Orleans enough, so I do not get … More Newcomb pottery of New Orleans
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