October 2011
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August 2011
1 post
This is philosophy
Greetings, tumblrverse! My oh my, it has been a while, has it not? Well, as of right now, I am declaring summer officially over, and my hiatus from writing is suspended until further notice. Thank god, my brain was beginning to melt into goo.
I’d be lying if I said I felt no twinge of sadness at the fact that I am not going to be in school this autumn. Okay, yes, I am a huge nerd, but...
May 2011
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April 2011
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this is not philosophy
So instead of copying an excerpt from a philosophical treatise or bit of critical theory, or offering some sort of intellectual analysis of a strange grouping of ideas, I am going to make a list of things that make me happy. Because there is more to life than the deeply theoretical, and also because I am feeling a bit sad - and I have little tolerance for sad-feelings, so this is to cheer myself...
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The Conclusion of my Thesis!
While the genealogy here ends with Kathy Acker, it radiates into the future of literature in the form of other writers, writings, and theorists that adopted a stance on reading similar to the one espoused in the meta-narratives of each text considered in this paper. A profoundly important question underscores these works when considered in conjunction with one another: if the meaning of reading...
theavantgardener asked: Dots and Loops plus noise canceling headphones really helped to quell my exasperation during my bus commute this morning. I find the textures on that album to be refreshing, and they really captured my full attention pretty quickly. I'll dig a little deeper into the Stereolab catalogue after I give D&L a few more listens. Thanks, Emma. So, what's the topic of your senior thesis?
I’ve been too busy with my senior thesis to actually write in this thing, but I’m still alive, I promise!
theavantgardener asked: Where would be a good place for one to begin with Stereolab?
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“What is ‘familiarly known’ is not properly known, just for the...”
– GWF Hegel
March 2011
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theavantgardener asked: I was at my friend's guitar shop the other day and he had two Lanikai baritone ukes in stock. I played around with one for awhile and was pretty surprised how enjoyable it was. Now if only he'd stock Celtic harps...
This is not a question, yet I will proceed to click the "Ask" button.
This is not a question, yet I will proceed to click the "Ask" button.
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From Kevin S. Fitzgerald's "The Negative...
In his seminal work The Flowers of Tarbes, or Terror in Literature, Jean Paulhan asked, “What is literature?” In response to this question, Blanchot published late in 1941 the essay “How is Literature Possible?” (BR 49-60).[1] With this essay, Blanchot commenced upon an investigation into the ontology of literature that...
theavantgardener asked: I'm intrigued by your baritone ukulele. I don't think I've ever seen one before. Can you tell me a little bit about it? How did you come about becoming a baritone ukuleleist?
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flapjacksblog asked: What is your favorite Cartoon Network show?
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February 2011
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From Samuel Beckett's "Watt"
Here he stood
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Here he sat
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Here he knelt
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Here he lay
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Here he moved
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to and fro
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from the door
to the window
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from the window
to the door
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from the window
to the door
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from the door
to the window
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from the fire
to the bed
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from the bed
to the fire
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bed to the fire
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fire to the bed
;
from the door to the fire
,
from...
theavantgardener asked: It would only be fair for you to tell me how your day is going, wouldn't it?
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WORDS
Those are hands with words on them. I’m putting it here because this is is a post about !!!LANGUAGE!!!
I am very interested in this man’s work, specifically, what he calls “poverty of the stimulus”, an idea about language acquisition in childhood.
Basically, the idea of poverty of the stimulus is based on Noam Chomsky’s hypothesis that every human being has...
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Google Art Project
This is something about which to keep both your eyes open. The critical responses and artworks inspired and catalyzed by the ability to view, say, Van Gogh’s Starry Night in remarkably high resolution will be interesting, to say the least. I wonder what museums they’ll catalogue next?
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THE SECOND DEMENTIA →
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Would You Like To Read Something Other Than This? →
more of this, but with feeling
Internether →
Never underestimate the power of the stories you tell yourself about who you are.
January 2011
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“I
L O V E
B O O K
S”
– Checkoutthisrad publishing company of ethereal radness
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Apocalypse Here, Now, and Everywhere
ENVISIONING THE SENTIENT SUBJECT IN A CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE APOCALYPSE
Why am I so attracted to art that has no figures of biotic sentience in it?
Is it because every day I am told that as a result of environmental catastrophe, many species won’t be around for very long?
The Spanish por que and the French pour quois are the closest analogs to why in conventional English translation. Why? For...
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“Most of us are frightened of dying because we don’t know what it means to live....”
– J. Krishnamurti
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“All Buddhists take Gautama Buddha’s Enlightenment as their starting point and...”
– Huang Po Doctrine Of Universal Mind