Paul Levy on Philip K. Dick: In a very real sense, PKD did find the solution to humanity’s existential dilemma. He writes, “compassion’s highest power is the only power capable of solving the maze.”[89] As PKD points out, “The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this…
Category: Philosophy
Tinnitus, Synesthesia, and Kantian Conditions
The Psuedoanalysis blog on tinnitus and Kantian conditions: “Rust Cohle from season 1 of True Detective suffers from synethesia, a properly Kantian condition. “He tastes colors, sees sounds, etc. For this condition, the senses are mixed or associated with one another without natural limits. This is, as I have pointed out elsewhere, part of what…
“…an ambiance of rampant pathology.”
An “ambiance of rampant pathology” is a great turn of phrase and also kind of Ballardianhttps://t.co/CWtjjGiTB2 — ᵗ ᵘ ⁿ ᵈ ʳ ᵃ ⁿ ᵃ ᵘ ᵗ (@tundranaut) November 9, 2019
Strange Midnight Prayers
Latest YouTube obsession that I have been fixating on pic.twitter.com/cnidL0e3Oq — ᵗ ᵘ ⁿ ᵈ ʳ ᵃ ⁿ ᵃ ᵘ ᵗ (@tundranaut) August 23, 2019 geeking out on UNKLEhttps://t.co/ZJx2HlTVeL — ᵗ ᵘ ⁿ ᵈ ʳ ᵃ ⁿ ᵃ ᵘ ᵗ (@tundranaut) August 12, 2019
Xenochrony
“In the 1970s, Frank Zappa developed a procedure for creating a specific kind of phonography. By altering the speed of previously recorded material and overdubbing unrelated tracks, Zappa was able to synthesize ensemble performances from scrap material… “He referred to the technique as xenochrony…Zappa translates the term as ‘strange synchronizations,’ referring to the incidental—and aesthetically…
“Existence…is the ultimate pathological state.”
“A dark pit has opened in the floor of the living room, and she can see the appetite for cruelty and murder that underpins the foundations of her domestic life.” https://t.co/o5BXxKAWo8 — ᵗ ᵘ ⁿ ᵈ ʳ ᵃ ⁿ ᵃ ᵘ ᵗ (@tundranaut) May 8, 2019
Trap Worlds
Maybe the best fan theory/analysis of TWIN PEAKS to surface yet. The analysis involves a “trap world.”