Des narcissistes
06/10/2014
Oh, mais oui, j’ai ces problèmes-là, justement. Axé.
“Ese trabajo gris que haces en tu casa, a solas”
05/10/2014
That is practicing the guitar, according to Paco de Lucía, a great guitarist with a great phrase on the work that goes into producing beauty. In fascinating news of Flamenco artists there is this, too, on Camarón de la Isla: Axé.
On shame and defeat
02/10/2014
From the dirty old mess hall, you march to the brick wall Too weary to talk and too tired to sing And it’s all afternoon you remember your home town All inside the walls, the walls of Red Wing –B. Dylan Those are often my sentiments and the feeling of incarceration and longing for home … More On shame and defeat
Sur Cuba (et la nuit)
01/10/2014
“The dualism that emerged in Cuban ideology–between liberal constructs of patria and radical formulations of nationality–is fully investigated as a source of both national tension and competing notions of liberty, equality, and justice.” This is interesting. Meanwhile, in addition to everything else, I must remember to read online homework. I am very busy and I … More Sur Cuba (et la nuit)
C’est dur: anxiety and splitting, encore
29/09/2014
…but then again not; who else has the luxury to work out these problems? Today, besides teach and grade and go to meetings: communicate; find that paper; work on mine; print the course poster; send the course poster around; do one practical thing; go running; sleep. And create more course posters, and look at the … More C’est dur: anxiety and splitting, encore
On some origins of self-hatred
28/09/2014
The child would have reacted like this or something similar if enormous anxiety hadn’t paralyzed her. These children feel physically and morally helpless. There isn’t sufficient consolidation of their personalities in order to be able to protest, even if only in thought. The overwhelming authority of the adult makes them dumb and can rob them … More On some origins of self-hatred
C’est des tips volés
28/09/2014
12 things, none of them a real solution to anything. Mostly these are about letting myself be a “good enough teacher.” –Anonymous 1. Cancel a class. Ideally timed to a point in the term when students are cramming my office or when I know I’ll need to catch my breath. Very hard to give oneself … More C’est des tips volés
Qu’est-ce que je peux faire pour MOI asteur?
27/09/2014
…decide what this paper, which feels alien, has to do with my book, which does not. Axé.
The next step
27/09/2014
It is to talk about work, my history of work. Relation to self in work, relation to family in work. Education, Reeducation, work, identity, right to exist. This is a broader topic than I am covering in this post. This post is about research. There is a way in which my entire academic problem is … More The next step
O Trovador
26/09/2014
Sentimentos em mim do asperamente dos homens das primeiras eras… As primaveras de sarcasmo intermitentemente no meu coração arlequinal… Intermitentemente… Outras vezes é um doente, um frio na minha alma doente como um longo som redondo Cantabona! Cantabona! Dlorom… Sou um tupi tangendo um alaúde! De Paulicéia desvairada (1922) Mário de Andrade Axé.
