I am intrigued by Hustvedt’s tome. At first I thought it was fiction, and then when I read the Editor’s Note I thought, No, this is reality, and then the note was signed by IV Hess, and I went back to thinking it […]
Amber, your analysis is amazing. Thank you for sharing! So thoughtful and clarifying. I think you touch on a really interesting conflict when it comes to knowing the Other and knowing the other — we can never […]
Hi David. I think you’re right that Mrs. Konile’s official testimony in English — that is, the one on record with the TRC as resulting from the official interpretation — does read very much like a list of 25 […]
This sounds awesome! I think you could choose to analyze several of his pieces through particular lenses — organized by author or theme — or you could write a more traditional paper and then use his images as […]
Liz, your topic sounds so great! What a rich field to mine. I think the sources you list sound wonderful, and you might want toconsider other memoirs too — I just read Meena Alexander’s Fault Lines (for my class […]
(First, I am sorry to be late and to only be posting in response to prompts 2 and 3.) My project is a video exploration my own selfhood vis-a-vis my body, my mental illness, my sexuality. Using the frame of […]
The way Lieberman talks about how pain that comes from physical wounds is not as respected as pain that comes from emotional ones reminds me of what we call “psychosomatic” symptoms, where the physical pain comes […]
I agree with much of what you wrote, Liz, about Viegener and the process of writing such a list on Facebook or in real life. That his list was published — by an art house press, what one might consider the […]
Amber, I liked your list much more than Viegener’s!! There was an effortless randomness and you drew from so many different arenas. Yes, I do want more details about some of the things but others are just fine and […]
I appreciate Liz’s question about whether/how The Man Who Walked Away fits into the form of novel. Casey’s use of fragmentation and repetition is very effective. She conveys Albert’s sense of mystery and wonder […]
I think it’s interesting that you write, “The idea that neurons create consciousness, that everything is reflected in our brain cells leaves little room for hope that I am the creator of my life.” What is “I”? Who […]
Hi Amber,
Stelarc reminds me of the plastic surgery ORLAN has had done. As I am planning on a performace piece I am excited to learn about Stelarc and the way he blurs interior/exterior, “nature” and technology. […]
I am interested in parsing out a distinction between consciousness and mind. Early on in “Stepping Into The Light,” Damasio describes loss of consciousness as “dissolv[ing] into unsolicited unknowingness.” I […]