literature
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The wizards of wordsmithing know full well that "spelling" is a fundamental pathway to the cerebral cortex, and other high level mechanisms of the abstract reasoning skills that define advanced consciousness.The sabotage and bastardization of language, and the simple natural... - onHow to really tick me off as a fiction writer, and part 2 of my review of Carr's multiply named novel.by
The way you've written about it and set the historical context makes me think Carr was indeed on the cusp of the move from modern to postmodern, and this was an early instance of breaking the fourth wall, and kinda like a baby's first attempts at walking it wasn't pretty, and... - onHow to really tick me off as a fiction writer, and part 2 of my review of Carr's multiply named novel.by
How would you feel about a book of plot twists about breaking the fourth wall? I mean, what if the mystery was about searching for a fundamental or stable world instead of being a straightforward traditional mystery, written in that Holmes/Christie style......giving a nod maybe... I like how the Catholic commentary is woven in, there's something real and stakesy and human about wrestling with guilt and transcendence and different metaphysical and religious beliefs, without it needing to make a particular "gotcha" point about religion Yes!... thanks for this; I've never read Christie or Carr, but just watched the third Knives Out with my wife and also really enjoyed it. I like how the Catholic commentary is woven in, there's something real and stakesy and human about wrestling with guilt and transcendence and... Update: Finished all four books; now I think of this series as one massive book, and from this point of view it's one of my favorites of all time. Dense, philosophical, weird, utopian, metaphysical, full of good ideas, brilliantly written, too many references that make it that... I liked this Slate Star Codex review of the book for the kinds of things it could have done better. I mostly remember the review because of this part, late in the review: [Update, written a few weeks after the rest of this post: maybe it is all wizardry.... - david...
Kudos to the Uptrusting Team. I'm following some of the suggested links that are showing at the bottom of my posts and comments. This is one of those. I didn't come across this post when it was originally written, but it is just the kind of thing that is right up my alley.... - Arun...
Yeah, I've got various ideas on format. One is what Jordan suggested: getting people together in person, which has all the advantages of, well, getting people together in person. Digital formats could also be interesting.... - Arun...
I love this invitation! So here's a little riff that I call "Diptych: A Poetry" ~ poetry is dead ~ jesus is dead elvis is dead buddha is dead vonnegut is dead muhammad (ali) is dead god is dead poetry is dead ~ poetry will never die ~ in all my lifetimes in each moment in every... - lyssa...
This is long ;) but sitting down to read it, it's incredible. The emphasis on ordinary - as if love is ordinary - but the point being that when you let go of the focus on it, it is in fact ordinary and abundant at that (as is so much of life) is particularly resonant with me.... - Sara Schultz...
So interesting - Jeff and I have been reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck and there's this passage that discusses the story of Cain and Abel in the context of sort of coming right after the story of original sin and puts forward this interpretation that Cain feels rejected by... In my best moments I prefer the tao te ching's version: Do you want to improve the world? I don’t think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can’t be improved. If you tamper with it, you’ll ruin it. If you treat it like an object, you’ll lose it.... - onInfinite players understand the inescapable likelihood of evil. They therefore do not attempt to eliminate evil in others, for to do so is the very impulse of evil itself, and therefore a contradiction. They only attempt paradoxically to recognize in themselves the evil that takes the form of attempting to eliminate evil elsewhere.by