Wednesday, September 29, 2010

recipe for success (?)

Ingredients:

1 male human
1 late capitalist society
1 Eastern philosophical tradition
1 living writer
1 dead writer
1 unacknowledged stranger

Directions:

Age one male human 33-34 years and place in a university setting. Expose to copious amounts of Lacanian psychoanalytic theory. Have subject retype pertinent sections of said texts. Repeat daily for 6-8 hours. In free time have male human read Japanese novels and draw inspiration from American essayist. Close eyes as necessary.
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Observe repetition until the point of repression; watch the Return. Allude to Freud, allude to the 'anointed one' – do not stir to vigorously. Think about memory. Remember thinking. Ask questions with unseen answers.

Gaze. Gaze. Gaze.

Fantasize of a different society with a different karma; recall last night's conversations. Wake at 6am to the pouring rain. Sleep lightly. Watch Simpsons premiere on Hulu.
Consume. Consume. Consume.

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