Kalling Heck
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Re: Love's Paradox
People Scare Better When They're Dying
Thanks Veronica. Regarding "cheesiness": it seems to be a bit of an inevitability here, I'm afraid, so I'll take a shot at some myself. I'm not actually convinced that a declaration of love without any hope of reciprocation or ver ... -
Solidarity
Hi Zach, great post. I’m in particular intrigued by one of the questions you ask: “If the State is to operate as a tool to see the fruits of our collective capabilities, then might love, as a mode of recognizing fellow-feeling and care, provide an under-t ... -
Re: Love's Paradox
Thanks Adam, and I think you
Thanks Adam, and I think you are absolutely right to point out the problem of “secrecy” here. In this model love’s leaving its idiosyncratic state and finding its figuration through expression necessitates a reduction of feeling (what takes on the qualiti ... -
Freedom
Hi Adam, Thanks for the great post. I think, for me, what is most telling about the market oriented love that you outline is your description of it as arising in response to love’s “fluidity.” It seems that, given your reading, love’s lauded openness and ... -
Waiting
Hi Adam, Thanks for the really fascinating post. In reading it I couldn't help but be reminded of another famous Olympics movie: Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia." In that movie, of course, athlete’s bodies are presented as efficient machin ... -
Pass the Salt
Gordon, I think that the relationship between excess and contingency is key, and I think that your video proposes this dynamic nicely. I wonder, though, about your statement, "How do we speak of what we can’t see in the image yet know is there?" ...