Sur le bayou / Se va el caimán
13/06/2014
Now we are beginning to Occupy these bayous, filling the atmosphere with our own, expanding, ignoring the forces that pull us down, honing our own strengths. #OccupyHE Axé.
Sitting in expertise
12/06/2014
Now I think I have demolished both academic advice and Reeducation with that phrase, “pessimistically driven.” I might better use this weblog as an affirmation of an alternative rather than a defense against these forces. That is how it was originally conceived. I am so accustomed to the experience of this town and university as … More Sitting in expertise
Pessimistically driven
11/06/2014
“Pessimistically driven,” someone said. That is why I do not like academic advice: it assumes life is terrible and you are incompetent and lazy, so you must be kept on the straight and narrow and hurried along … and disabused of all interest in creativity or pleasure. The advice is correct insofar as it is … More Pessimistically driven
Green, green grass of home
10/06/2014
I am home again, although we are still having funereal music. This song is quite deep, in both versions. I must do many things and also visit LSP-Angola soon. Axé.
Des lieux
04/06/2014
I have been impressing people here in the Midwest with tales of Maringouin culture, which turns out to be fascinating. In my typical fashion, I am captivated by my newest location and want to move here. I will be a denizen of Over-the-Rhine which is partly a small German city, partly the old town of … More Des lieux
En voyage
03/06/2014
The planes that go from Houston to Cincinnatti are of the regional kind, which seems incongruous since the trajectory implies such a great change between cultural worlds. Cincinnatti has a German Bank and a lovely nineteenth century train station called the Dixie Terminal. I went to Houston to go to Cincinnatti. Originally I was to … More En voyage
Og farvel igen
31/05/2014
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
On getting back to what needs to be done
30/05/2014
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
Como con el dentista
30/05/2014
I don’t think I will ever know how to untangle these questions, on whether or not I could have liked academia or really did like it … or really did not, yet did not know that tolerating something was not the same as liking it. On living here, however, I do note one thing: part … More Como con el dentista
On autonomy and peace
30/05/2014
I almost never feel autonomous, but I sometimes feel peaceful. Sometimes I can see what autonomy and peace would be like together; they look good. As a younger person I knew neither was meant for me, but I admired them and I was surprised one day long ago when it seemed I had them on … More On autonomy and peace
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