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i’m getting some ideas…

much of this book feels like a still captured from a film camera. the light blue gradient of the sky and the vibrant reds and greens of the foreground. it feels like a memory, but one that really did mean something.

just reached the midpoint between the undiscovered self and symbols and the interpretation of dreams. this has been a fascinating read so far i’ve underlined so much on every page. jung definitely knows his stuff and it’s even more exciting when he questions and reasons with what he doesn’t.

brain has already expanded

in a really different place to where i was starting this series/book. it’s been rough lately, but returning to this book is a sort of sanctuary. knausgaard reminds me i’m not alone and the universality of his own one of a kind journey is beautiful and profound. it’s like drinking a guinness alone at a table in your favorite dive bar and realizing everything will work itself out eventually

Tarkovsky made it in 🙏

the pacing of the new year scene was fantastic with all of the little stories that each character shares, the events that happen around them, a classic tangent, and eventually knausgaard helping the russian lady. it just flows so naturally and it can almost be mistaken as meaningless, but in those gaps of overt meaning something unique arises. what it is i can’t put into words right now, but it feels revelatory

almost cried. love my gf

“The king of approximation, that was me.”

First time in a while I’ve read 100 pages in a day. Feels great!

Knausgaard proves once again that I have no unique experiences (kidding, but how does this random norwegian guy know all of this stuff about me?).

There’s such a natural way he goes about recounting these times in his life and when he leads into a philosophical tangent it works seamlessly!