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Sin-cosin, a wave, a meaningless line, a heartbeat
Koestler's Darkness at Noon was a story about a Bolshevik who was arrested in the Great Purge in the 30s and got put in solitary, subjected to interrogation, and made to admit things he didn't do. As he was about to be sentenced to death, he realised that the "grammatical I" exists. He comes to understand that the neglect of the "grammatical I" was the failure of the revolution.
It's beautifully written:
Perhaps later, much later, the new movement would arise—with new flags, a new spirit knowing of both: of economic
fatality and the “oceanic senseâ€. Perhaps the members of the new party will wear monks’ cowls, and preach that only
purity of means can justify the ends. Perhaps they will teach that the tenet is wrong which says that a man is the quotient of
one million divided by one million, and will introduce a new kind of arithmetic based on multiplication: on the joining of a
million individuals to form a new entity which, no longer an amorphous mass, will develop a consciousness and an
individuality of its own, with an “oceanic feeling†increased a millionfold, in unlimited yet self-contained space.
Oh, that's interesting. I'm not sure what "unlimited yet self-contained space" means; I mean, I can think of it in terms of orders of infinity limited by whole numbers, but in practical terms, that doesn't sound like it would be what that phrase would be referring to. Or maybe it is? It's not the space in terms of people taking physical space, but more the increase in the sense of individual worth per person?
I feel more and more like a quotient of X billion divided by X billion, myself. Expendable and interchangeable.
So Koestler was a Hungarian-British author - Arthur Koestler - Wikipedia I don't think I've heard of him before. That sounds like an interesting book. Maybe I'll add this to my list of books to read. Thanks.
I love typology, but I don’t love having to fend off the same ignorant typological biases forever and ever amen. I may have had the patience for it five or six years ago but I sure as hell don’t now.
I love typology, but I don’t love having to fend off the same ignorant typological biases forever and ever amen. I may have had the patience for it five or six years ago but I sure as hell don’t now.
Fueling my motivation purely on black coffee and anxiety probably isn't a suitable life strategy.
...looks thru dario nardi's quick guide
..................................... given the recent munic trip I KNOW I don't notice the environment worth shit, maybe i'm really an INXX
Could you please give me a link to his guide?
http://www.typologycentral.com/foru...318-interview-dario-nardi-14.html#post2931728
I like it coz it arranges according to first and second functions
...aside from that i'm not sure what to make of it, i can imagine viewing it from these perspectives but ... the description about what- Ok i'll stop now xD
http://www.typologycentral.com/foru...318-interview-dario-nardi-14.html#post2931728
I like it coz it arranges according to first and second functions
...aside from that i'm not sure what to make of it, i can imagine viewing it from these perspectives but ... the description about what- Ok i'll stop now xD
You don't have to stop. I'd like to hear a perspective of somebody that's familiar with the material.
...sweats ... i've already moved on to astrolog y xD
... hmmm lemme try and remember
...alright
this chart is basically instructing writers how to write from someone's perspective. which means if you write as yourself (first person pov), your writing will turn out like a mixture of these (usually with emphasis on dominant function, followed by auxiliary function)
...I suggest writing something out, then see if you can fit any of your writing into these.
Well, I explain myself to my family, and I talk to myself aka think out loud a lot.
I remember my recent thoughts/talks. I think they fit TJ, SJ, and FP in that order.