I am still thinking about this, and then there is this. Both lead to the ideas posts I have been thinking about writing, one on the dismantling of depression (which I claim is actually oppression) and another on the question of terror. I seem to resemble Samizdat in lots of ways but one important difference … More La vie et la jeunesse
Mr. Troell, who is about to turn 83, has vivid personal memories of the war years. See it. Axé.
He had an affair with the woman living across the street from his family in Stgo. de Chuco, who was the former “wife” of a priest. Poems like “Verano” are about her. He lost her to Carlos Santa María … all of this was in 1915 but I wonder whether it contributes to the events … More Some gossip about Vallejo
Pour votre considération: scholar, scientist, researcher, what do these terms imply? (In other news I would like to say that Vallejo’s French was execrable. Execrable. How he did not get better than that in 15 years is hard to understand.) A fascinating fact about him, however, is that he dropped the fall, 1931 writers’ conference … More Dulce hogar sin estilo
I was happy today because work was going well. I have been impaired for so long I barely know what this is like. It is another planet. In the meantime I was meditating on this post and thread. I could repeat various points. If desire were enough, it would also be true that hard work … More Extrinsic and intrinsic
With a phone. I will let everyone know how this works and I will also remember to cancel this service when I no longer need it (or when it turns out not to work).
I am trying to not post a great deal, so I can have the recent posts as references for the rest of the summer. But here is one more note. Work has suddenly become much more accessible, and this happened because I decided I had a right to it. That is important because even in … More Et aussi
This article; the syllabi; the LASA2015 abstract; the grading; the parking permit. In the fall: the other article. It is strange no longer to collude in my own oppression but I appear to be achieving this. I will become stronger still. The very worst aspect of working at our place is the way we are … More To do
So it is going now, and I am becoming one with this project. Whole. The image of jumping off into a project does not work for me. I decided it was not a question of jumping off, but of drawing things toward me. You have to think in terms of integration and love, not alienation, … More One
Yes, all these things happened because I had impaired resources for a while. Now, I am rescuing my work from its glass case. Yes, I am authorized to do this. Yes, I have the power to do something meaningful. Yes, I have time. (Am I interested in this, for itself? Yes, but I never gave … More Mantra for the rest of the summer
