Archive for the ‘ anonymity ’ Category
Part of the charm of music is its “occasionality”: a song, composition, style, or artist can show up in our lives anonymously. We can hear it many times over without knowing what it is. And thus, at the same time, we can enjoy the names of groups and composers without the slightest idea of “what [ READ MORE ]
Who believes anymore that the problem of representation requires another moment in the theoretical limelight? Or a better question: when do theoretical fashions become threadbare? I mean this in the most practical sense of the word “when.” At what moment does the makeshift construction, pieced together — holes, cracks, misfits and all — out of [ READ MORE ]
Across what counts as the main elements of the modern psyche, the tendency toward automatic thinking is too high. By this I don’t mean what behavioral psychologists call a negative thought that comes to mind over and over during a day or in a specific situation. The tendency toward automatic thinking is not psychological; it [ READ MORE ]
You ask, sir, for advice on how to properly become anonymous. Get yourself a few beards and a long gray coat with buttons up the sides. Ask a friend, a carpenter or a seamstress, to sew some extra buttons on if there are too few. Then inquire if this friend couldn’t also fabricate a few [ READ MORE ]
