FRAGMENTS
VOYEUR
ideas
people watching window shopping
cultural movement towards mass production of junk: material or human
hated the idea of progress
hated the belgians
it’s a backwater - not a paradise
nature has no imagination
modern cities are full of reinventing ourselves
we can shock or bore ourselves
dudes like Freud
different idea of the self
the modern self is no longer clear or distinct
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oriented originality devalued
irrational compulsion to do what we ought not to do
the poet needs to be lazy only imagine
you may remember inconsistencies in style
style himself as a public intellectual -- ‘sort of’ politically active
gross utility moving at turtle speed
‘why the lobster?’
‘because it doesn’t bark and knows the secrets of the deep’
his disgust is occupational
a tissue of whores
a purer hand can touch
they’re the worst -- not good enough for hell
fascinated by evil
he is indeed
not boring
addiction to sin is double damnation
how do you look for fun and pleasure in things that no longer give you pleasure?
dragging into despair
lies in the certainty of doing evil
this - i digress
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a worship of women for their diabolical power.
demand that his lady friends stop asking him questions so he can spend time looking into their eyes
marginal women - prostitutes or lesbians
attributing his genius to his time with women
sacred and the profane
lesbianism is evidence of taste for the infinite
editor: ‘this is a bit… extra’
‘sorry, the lesbians drew me away.’