Jun–2018Self-Study #93, etc.The bed its own strange work of art, devolving over the course of the two days like ocean tide spilling up onto land. Contax EOS 1V
Jun–2018Self-Study #92“I begin by describing four problematic features of romantic love. These make literally impossible demands, which must drive us either to simple self-deception or to some other, more sophisticated response. Although we cannot, by definition, live the impossible, we can sometimes represent it--as witnessed by art as diverse as the poems of Homer and the drawings of Escher. In that vein, the alternative I suggest is that we attempt to apprehend the unattainable realizations symbolized by the impossible demands of romantic love by playing at love--by conscious, mutually consenting representations or simulations of love. I argue that a certain sort of sexual encounter, self-consciously limited to the present moment and without commitment to any subsequent relationship of any particular form, is a civilized successor to the old notion of romantic love. I shall call this the theater of love.” Contax EOS 1V
May–2018Self-Study #91 all the paired-off women I know