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Adam Phillips: Promises, Promises: Essays on Psychoanalysis and Literature4 comments

jpbohannon wrote 5 days ago: illustration by jpbohannon, 2013 In the office of a colleague a while back I noticed a towering pile … more →

Tags: Authors, Book Review, Books, Creativity, Death, Freud, Literature, Philosophy, Poets&Poetry

On experiencing myself as an unhealthy person1 comment

alex lockwood wrote 6 days ago: Or, why would I be embarrassed to tell a friend I was allergic to peanuts? The context: an ex-girlfr … more →

Tags: 21 Soul, The Self, cruel optimism, Friendships, Judith Butler, Lauren Berlant, On Balance, peanuts, Relationships

Monogamy by Adam Phillips

Larry wrote 2 weeks ago: Monogamy is a short book by the English psychotherapist Adam Phillips. It contains 121 extremely bri … more →

Tags: 2013, Non-Fiction, monogamy

How are your characters mad?1 comment

C.M. Subasic wrote 1 month ago: As we humans have the capacity to imagine a different future, many of us are actually two people. Ye … more →

Tags: Spadework, Characters, Process, character, hamlet, Ophelia, writing, Humanity, Madness

alisonwanders wrote 1 month ago: Photo credit: Unknown, from Tumblr. I find rainy weather so energising. According to studies, rainy … more →

Tags: Life, Missing Out, unlived life, pyschology, Reading, happiness, Thought, Education, Self Discovery

Don Giovanni is a certain type of male homosexual. Neither extreme, Tristan or Don Giovanni, is compatible with heterosexual love1 comment

mynervesarebadtonight wrote 1 month ago: In August 2011, the Japanese company Manuscript was forced to amend the settings of its new software … more →

Tags: Surveillance, sexism, infidelity, Feminism, Karelog, miura yoshinori, GPS Tracking, itrust, tiger text

ROR 3/3-18 --- Humility

diana@ossaat wrote 2 months ago: A few articles I read in the past two weeks interestingly converge at a common theme: how life exper … more →

Tags: Opinions, Review of Reviews (ROR), book critiques, The New Yorker, "Miss out: In Praise of the Unlived Life", this is your life, Joan Acocella, humility, down-to-earth mentality

Myth of Understanding - Adam Phillips "On Not Getting It"

diana@ossaat wrote 2 months ago: Some brilliant perspectives to mull over. Excerpted from “This Is Your Life”, a critique … more →

Tags: Opinions, Quotes I like, The New Yorker, Psychoanalysis, "on not getting it", "Miss out: In Praise of the Unlived Life", myth of understanding, this is your life, Joan Acocella

The Dalloway Complex3 comments

alightsey wrote 2 months ago: In last month’s edition of Elle magazine, Daphne Merkin tackled a review of the British psycho … more →

Tags: muses, Modern Views, Feminism, Motherhood, Virginia Woolf, Marriage, Femininity, Love and Relationships, little women

“Non, je ne regrette rien.” ~ Edith Piaf

poietes wrote 2 months ago: With thanks to Leah in NC for providing me the link to this article in Elle magazine: Who’s So … more →

Tags: Life or Something Similar, Writing Blogs, Just keep Breathing, I Just Hurt All Over, POIETES, Taking Chances, Being Brutally Honest, blogsurfer.us, wordpress. com

The Losers' Club1 comment

richardgwyn wrote 2 months ago:   Following a comment made about my last post; namely Tom Gething’s remark that not getting it … more →

Tags: Everyday Stuff, istanbul, W.N. Herbert, Zoe Skoulding

Marooned in the Possible3 comments

Jack Hope wrote 2 months ago: ‘I will fail,’ said Seldon. ‘Then we will be no worse off. Will you try?’ An … more →

Tags: 2013 Plan, Ideas!, My Story !, Beyond Depression, CBC's Tapestry, Clinical Depression, commitment, commitments, Coping

On Not Getting It4 comments

richardgwyn wrote 2 months ago:   Curiosity can sometimes be more satisfying, more enhancing, than the mere consolation of achi … more →

Tags: Everyday Stuff, Literature, Psychology, Franz Kafka, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophy

Rapid Reaction: UMass 3, Merrimack 0

Cameron McDonough wrote 2 months ago: The Massachusetts hockey team defeated Merrimack 3-0 on Senior Night at the Mullins Center. Shea sco … more →

Tags: Analysis, Hockey, Men's Sports, Misc, Quick Hits, branden gracel, Colin Shea, Conor Sheary, Darren Rowe

1st Intermission thoughts: UMass 2, Merrimack 0

Cameron McDonough wrote 2 months ago: The Massachusetts hockey team had a strong first period and it leads Merrimack 2-0 at the first inte … more →

Tags: Analysis, Hockey, Men's Sports, Misc, Quick Hits, Conor Sheary, Merrimack, Mike Busillo, UMass Hockey

1105: Batik no more3 comments

paul davis wrote 2 months ago: The literary critic/psychologist/philosopher Adam Phillips says that D.W. Winnicott once remarked, … more →

Tags: Photo of the Day, Photography, photos, D. W. Winnicott, othello, Missing Out, Batik

Whatever Else We Are

gphuffman wrote 2 months ago: For Slate Mark O’Connell reviews Adam Phillips’s Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived L … more →

Tags: Reading, Book Review, Mark O'Connell, nonfiction, Slate

Rapid Reaction: UMass 5, Maine 2

Cameron McDonough wrote 2 months ago: Taylor C. Snow/ Collegian The Massachusetts hockey team defeated Maine 5-2 Saturday night at the Mul … more →

Tags: Misc, Quick Hits, Analysis, Men's Sports, Hockey, UMass Hockey, maine hockey, branden gracel, Martin Ouellette

First Intermission Report: UMass 2, Maine 0

Cameron McDonough wrote 2 months ago: The Massachusetts hockey team leads Maine 2-0 after one period of action at the Mullins Center. Phil … more →

Tags: Misc, Quick Hits, Analysis, Men's Sports, Hockey, UMass Hockey, maine hockey, branden gracel, Martin Ouellette


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