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This category is stuff that I come across in stuff I read, or watch, or listen to, and don’t want to forget. It’s also a record of thoughts that make up my head noise.

Great bits from blogs this weekend 5/8/21

From Disquiet [https://disquiet.com/2021/05/08/twitter-com-disquiet-theater-anxiety-and-media-ambience/] : > Netflix needs a third button for “I really enjoyed this and I never want to watch it or anything like it anytime again in the near or foreseeable future.” Pondering what that hand gesture is. So true!

The Reason for Going into Analysis (Pt. 2)

Continuing to riff on why someone might go into analysis, I want to highlight something the Jacques-Alain Miller [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Alain_Miller] says in the video below. At the 4:40 point of the video, JAM says, “At the root of all knowledge, you have a practice.

The Reason to Go into Analysis (Pt. 1)

In her wonder book, The Ethics of Opting Out [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0231180918?tag=neilgorman-20], Mari Ruti [https://www.mari-ruti.com/]states: > In analysis, the exploration of our destiny is more gradual, more self-reflexive. [...] the point is not to obliterate our foundational destiny (or fundamental fantasies) but

Safe Spaces

The Right, The Left, & the Desire for Safe Space I listened to the episode of titled Shame, Safety and Moving Beyond Cancel Culture [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-cancel-culture.html] where Ezra has a conversation withWill Wilkinson [https://modelcitizen.substack.com/] and Natalie Wynn [https://www.

How Father James Martin Writes

Today I got around to reading this post by Austin Kleon [https://austinkleon.com/2021/04/15/writing-as-a-spiritual-practice/] about a James Martin [https://twitter.com/JamesMartinSJ] interview where Martin was asked about how he writes. Kleon points out, > Out of all the interesting subjects they discussed, I think I

Rewards

[https://twitter.com/disquiet/status/1381632964065255429]Well said! Also, I really love reading the disquiet blog [https://disquiet.com/]. There is nothing like it on the internet. I discovered it I don't know how long ago when I was looking for some info on Richard D. James [https:

Play + Archive + Deadine = Good Output

Time to play (i.e., pissing around") + deadline = making better things.

Souvenir

From a blog post of Austin Kelon [https://austinkleon.com/2021/03/30/a-certain-souvenir-made-in-gratitude/]. > [Vincent Van Goth] was fond of that word, “souvenir,” and used it for many of his works. It’s worth remembering that the word comes from the Old French word meaning memory, or “to recall,

We all have different versions of our self, but

> I do love a man who contains multitudes… especially multitudes who hate each other. What a great line from this post by Austin Kleon [https://austinkleon.com/2021/04/20/a-book-of-words/].

Zing from Reeves

This was in a blog post from James A. Reeves [https://atlasminor.com/some-terrible-paintings/]. I read it and literally laughed out loud at my phone screen. > This morning I received a marketing email for a meditation app from someone whose job title is “Editor of Wisdom Content.” Now I