"I can’t watch a new movie or tv show without feeling psychically terrorized." I relate so strongly to this. I'm trying to only apply to grants which foster the creation of new, considered work.
“American: simulating emotional responses to things that are so obviously prompted by a manufactured script.” This is so well said and calls to mind the Debord quote: “the spectacle is nothing more than an image of happy unification surrounded by desolation and fear at the tranquil center of misery.” Americans will follow any script to maintain that image of unity no matter how manufactured it may be, while simultaneously being swallowed alive by their own empire! Thank you for precisely identifying why everything feels like post-hell anti-matter (thank you for these terms as well), and making me feel a little less insane for feeling that way.
"I can’t watch a new movie or tv show without feeling psychically terrorized." I relate so strongly to this. I'm trying to only apply to grants which foster the creation of new, considered work.
“American: simulating emotional responses to things that are so obviously prompted by a manufactured script.” This is so well said and calls to mind the Debord quote: “the spectacle is nothing more than an image of happy unification surrounded by desolation and fear at the tranquil center of misery.” Americans will follow any script to maintain that image of unity no matter how manufactured it may be, while simultaneously being swallowed alive by their own empire! Thank you for precisely identifying why everything feels like post-hell anti-matter (thank you for these terms as well), and making me feel a little less insane for feeling that way.
Thank you for reading and it brings me some solace to know other people feel similarly
Just finished Stoner and now back on my East of Eden read through. This was perfectly timed.