Tag Archives: James Joyce

PULLING THE BEARD OF THE KING

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Dave

“I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt as to whether suffering is meaningful. Man is ready and willing to shoulder any suffering … Continue reading →

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AESTHETIC OF ILLNESS: "THIS MONSTER, THIS BODY"

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Dave

Alix Strachey, a practising psychoanalyst and an old friend of the Woolfs, discussing why Leonard had not persuaded Virginia to see a psychoanalyst about her mental breakdowns, concluded ‘Virginia’s imagination, apart from her artistic creativeness, was so interwoven with her … Continue reading →

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DREAM WEAVER

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Dave

A poet and painter. William Blake. After an attempt to live in the country at Sussex, at the urging of the well intentioned, but mediocre poet, William Hayley; Blake feeling himself patronized and intruded upon, returned to London. On returning … Continue reading →

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IN THE VAPOUR OF THE HEAVENLY HOST

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Dave

T.S. Eliot said that William Blake’s work had the “unpleasantness” of great poetry because it was the product of a kind of terrifying honesty. Blake ( 1757-1827 ) had never been spoilt by a formal, academic education, Eliot argued, and … Continue reading →

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FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Dave

Almost all of Marcel Proust’s novel ”Remembrance of Things Past” takes place in Paris. The presence of the city saturates the novel the way moisture saturates the air and determines its atmospheric pressure. There is likely no other city as … Continue reading →

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COGNITIVE ART & IDEAS as a PRODUCT

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Dave

”Innovate as a last resort” was a famous quote from Charles Eames, and considering the knack of innovation of Charles( 1907-78) and wife Ray Eames ( 1912-88), seems almost counter intuitive and against the grain of their virtuosity.To them, everyday … Continue reading →