Status Updates From On Being Blue

to say the fourth wall’s too often broken for my liking, the rules of play too spelled out, that i’d rather stay bobbing in the waves, is less a critique of his voice than it is of the reader i am.

gass goes so intently into & out of his mind when it comes to form.

yikes!

1 chapter in and I’m highly questioning if I’m smart enough for this book. Maybe I’m just not used to reading philosophy in English(or polish tbh).

I’m mostly confused and trying to be brave about it

chapter III: physics's job is to use x as denotations, that of art is use x as connotation. same thing, two lenses; if used in appropriately, the thinker may be pushed to the possibility of underthinking, or 'mis'-thinking... wow

writer channels the lethal combination of pervertedness & love for information. discusses the colloquial, entangles the reader with what's popular, and ultimately builds arguments using reputed bodies of work by scholars in literature philosophy. i'm in love with his style <3333

i could not take mahatma gandhi seriously either 😂 (p.26)