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Week of July 5th, 2020

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P.S. Poorly thought through follow up thoughts on Mimetic Desire and Animism

This was left over after I edited down my previous post. You can read it here. I think Girard's theories may preclude the notion of mimetic desire forming between persons who are human and the more than human. I'm not sure if we conclude that all desire is fundamentally non-human. It's fuzzy to me. Heritage seems distinctively human, cyclical mimetic then, preserving the … [Read more...] about P.S. Poorly thought through follow up thoughts on Mimetic Desire and Animism

In Medias Res, 14 – 20 June, 2020 Horoscopes

Aries Dream Darkly, Dream Deep Principally, the week should provide opportunities for recuperation. Sunday brings articulation and vitality to places where worlds intersect within your depths. Living and dead, past and future. None of them settled, all of them churning. While cognition of this sense of continuity will begin to fade by Thursday, it paints itself across the … [Read more...] about In Medias Res, 14 – 20 June, 2020 Horoscopes

Either it’s all a Joke or …

None of it is. I remember thinking the Astronomy class in high school would be so much fun, but then again, it had math. A lot of it. Confusing math. Like, what is the Local Hour Angle and the Right Ascension anyway? Advanced high school classes blended math with prickly practical applications. These classes would strip math from it's formal black tie attire and put it in … [Read more...] about Either it’s all a Joke or …

Moonrise (and set) Kingdom, a February Update (Revised 2-27)

As January matured, my regular work load for the old reliable 9-5 began to shore up. February saw me assigned to assist on a project out of office and often out doors in freezing weather until Wednesday the 26th. A change in the schedule from five 8 hour shifts to four 9 hour shifts with a "4" on Friday (combined with a longer commute and bad weather exacerbated an already … [Read more...] about Moonrise (and set) Kingdom, a February Update (Revised 2-27)

“It will be our Tomorrow”

Everyone loves him here, but also, there's disliking Pete for reasons, and then there's a group of people in South Bend who take it to a level where any indication of dissent against the commonly considered 'good' begins to look like a symptom of something gone undiagnosed. And in that way I relent, sure. But I didn't always relent, and tonight I'm reminded of why, as some … [Read more...] about “It will be our Tomorrow”

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P.S. Poorly thought through follow up thoughts on Mimetic Desire and Animism

July 4, 2020 By @BlametheTetons Leave a Comment

This was left over after I edited down my previous post. You can read it here. I think Girard’s theories may preclude the notion of mimetic desire forming between persons who are human and the more than human. I’m not sure if we conclude that all desire is fundamentally non-human. It’s fuzzy to me. Heritage […]

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