Status Updates From Confessions of an English O...

oh to be a 18th century opium addict poet

oh, this made me laugh!

"I did not press him even when his course of argument seemed open to objection; not to mention that a man who talks nonsense, even though “with no view to profit,” is not altogether the most agreeable partner in a dispute, whether as opponent or respondent."

so insanely excited for this

oh man, the page long paragraphs-can i please blink? lol

this guy is so pretentious I hate to say it

So i am technically reading this version (with other writings), but my primary focus is the Confessions essay. Having read just a few pages so far, i may have to reread this a few times to actually understand a lot of it. I have until November, and this is not my primary read right now, but one of my goals for the year.

I couldn’t resist starting this after reading an excerpt. Will try my best to not get into drugs while reading

The crazy oneric prose poems here rock, not so much the dry autobiographical bits. Can see where Dario Argento got his inspiration from