PinnedOn the Impossibility of a Noble WritingRecently I wrote about my burning desire for a writing in the vein of War and Peace, a writing with a national character, a writing which…Feb 6, 2022Feb 6, 2022
PinnedOn Fiction & the Death of a National SpiritI’ve realised recently that much of the work I enjoy (not all of it) rests upon the appearance of an element of nationalism and/or national…Nov 16, 2021Nov 16, 2021
Thoughts on “Tenet”Tenet operates as an amalgamation of Hollywood action movie trappings. It runs like a precise machine, all the action scenes slickly…Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
RepetitionI reread recently Lemurian Time War, part of the CCRU oeuvre. It had me reflecting on literary repetition, and in particular the parallels…Feb 7, 2023Feb 7, 2023
CaptureAn important part of my writing practice for a long time has stemmed from the drive to capture, to arrest, to immortalise every beautiful…Dec 27, 2022Dec 27, 2022
Fading EmbersOn the horizon, like candles, hundreds of them burning, shimmering in the desert heat, soot-black plumes rising vertically. Above, a…Dec 1, 20213Dec 1, 20213
Difference and repetition reading notes: Difference-in-itselfDifference is what allows one to make determinations ‘between’ things. In this view, things distinguish themselves from each other : chair…Sep 11, 2021Sep 11, 2021
Notes on “Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language”, Umberto EcoAs someone who has been stubbornly struggling with post-structural, post-modern, etc., etc. writers for a while I found this text useful…Aug 4, 2021Aug 4, 2021
Anti-Oedipus: 3 Savages, Barbarians, Civilised MenThe third section is concerned with the genealogy of desiring-production, or its amalgamation in certain social forms. The three forms…Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021
Anti-Oedipus: 2 Psychoanalysis and FamilialismChapter two delves more deeply into the Oedipal triangle and social production, and all the ways they trap desiring production…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021