"freedom is the unity of willing and knowing." - schelling.
this quote seems to be all over my life lately. rather, i can't seem to get it out of my head. the unity of the concious and the unconcious. the meeting point of the inward and the outward. meditation was intense last night. physically and mentally. trying to stand up after kneeling for 40 minutes...
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this quote seems to be all over my life lately. rather, i can't seem to get it out of my head. the unity of the concious and the unconcious. the meeting point of the inward and the outward. meditation was intense last night. physically and mentally. trying to stand up after kneeling for 40 minutes...
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geckogirl:
go check out sue's journal. i'm hooking you guys up. his latest entry is not very thought provoking but dig around a little, you might find stuff you like
i am sitting zazen tonight in the museum. for 2 hours, my back is gonna love me.
nichi nichi kore ko nichi
every day is a good day
nichi nichi kore ko nichi
every day is a good day
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geckogirl:
yeah, thats the new rule. they have "open events" then check you out to see if you can be in the cool kid club and get invited to all events. 
or you can get someone to vouch for you
or you can get someone to vouch for you
geckogirl:
sure sure, dont worry, there will be other opportunities.
i'd love the chance to talk about why milan kundera is a misogynistic asshole. i keed!
sorta.
i'd love the chance to talk about why milan kundera is a misogynistic asshole. i keed!
sorta.
from class today(what i said to my students):
"rabelais is not merely satire. it is satire whose object is satire; satire turned back on itself. he holds nothing sacred, not even that nothing is sacred. rabelais takes us to the slaughterhouse of sacred cows."
god, i love teaching.
it's been way too fucking cold to ride, but i've been doing it anyway. i'm glutton for...
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"rabelais is not merely satire. it is satire whose object is satire; satire turned back on itself. he holds nothing sacred, not even that nothing is sacred. rabelais takes us to the slaughterhouse of sacred cows."
god, i love teaching.
it's been way too fucking cold to ride, but i've been doing it anyway. i'm glutton for...
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stuzzy:
you do metal sculpture?
belllla:
I haven't read Life is Elsewhere. But you would recommend it??
a friend quoted kahlil gibran to me the other day, saying "it is the privilige of the murdered not to be the murderer." an i couldn't help but think, "but you'd still be dead, asshole."
i guess i'm to low key for self righteousness, but pointing fingers and playing the blame game is rather pointless.
martyrdom is easy, it's living that's the tricky part.
i guess i'm to low key for self righteousness, but pointing fingers and playing the blame game is rather pointless.
martyrdom is easy, it's living that's the tricky part.
geckogirl:
oooh but self righteousness feels soooo good!
yes, it is very cold here in atlanta.
yes, it is very cold here in atlanta.
i don't have any friends on here. not that this entry is a plea, but rather an observation.
it's really weird to run into ex's. i guess she wasn't so much an ex as a former lover. but i never really loved her. it's like a looking at a shadow, it's so weird. that moment in time can never be regained. she's not who she was, and i'm still not who she wanted me to be. i guess maybe now i can see...
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rxqueen:
i dont think there is anyone who can't relate to this.
on mishima's the sailor who fell from grace with the sea:
georges bataille said that "eroticism was the silence of god, which language could never express, but could only approach."
i lectured on this book to a room full of college freshmen for an entire hour, and managed to only talk in circles. i screamed and yelled and almost cried. and at the end,...
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georges bataille said that "eroticism was the silence of god, which language could never express, but could only approach."
i lectured on this book to a room full of college freshmen for an entire hour, and managed to only talk in circles. i screamed and yelled and almost cried. and at the end,...
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anitalife:
Wow. I can't imagine reading the book at such a point in one's life; that must have been powerful, to say the least. I read it at various airports on the way to Portland a few weeks ago, myself. Not quite as poignant.
I'm a grad student in a literature department, so it's rare for me not to be able to express my reaction to a book. Mishima's work knocked me flat on my ass. I think I sat in a stunned silence for a good couple of hours after finishing it. I still don't know what I can say about it that doesn't seem paltry and inadequate. Bataille's point is well-taken.
I can't imagine teaching the book to undergrads. Yikes. How did they respond to it?
Nice to meet you, by the way. And, yes, Hulga is a real name. I just finished O'Connor's "Good Country People" (in which one of the characters changes her name from Joy to Hulga) so it was the first female name to pop into my head.
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I'm a grad student in a literature department, so it's rare for me not to be able to express my reaction to a book. Mishima's work knocked me flat on my ass. I think I sat in a stunned silence for a good couple of hours after finishing it. I still don't know what I can say about it that doesn't seem paltry and inadequate. Bataille's point is well-taken.
I can't imagine teaching the book to undergrads. Yikes. How did they respond to it?
Nice to meet you, by the way. And, yes, Hulga is a real name. I just finished O'Connor's "Good Country People" (in which one of the characters changes her name from Joy to Hulga) so it was the first female name to pop into my head.
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romanswantmyblud:
they just looked at me in stunned silence. when i got done they started applauding me, but i think a lot of them were scared.
my pinup girl is part of a series of mishima-related tattoos.
"whenever he dreamed of them, glory and death and woman were all consubstantial. yet when woman had been attained, the other two withdrew beyond the offing and ceased their mournful wailing of his name. the things he had rejected were now rejecting him." from sailor, as i'm sure you've recognized.
so i have woman, and
is for glory. and then around the elbow or so i am gonna get a skull and bones, so i'll have death, glory and woman. god, i'm such a nerd.
and yes, it was nice to meet you too.
my pinup girl is part of a series of mishima-related tattoos.
"whenever he dreamed of them, glory and death and woman were all consubstantial. yet when woman had been attained, the other two withdrew beyond the offing and ceased their mournful wailing of his name. the things he had rejected were now rejecting him." from sailor, as i'm sure you've recognized.
so i have woman, and
is for glory. and then around the elbow or so i am gonna get a skull and bones, so i'll have death, glory and woman. god, i'm such a nerd.
and yes, it was nice to meet you too.