In the Folds of My Flesh

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Living in Siberia – surrounded by forests and rivers, dachas and banyas, gardens and fields; enjoying the sweaty closeness of others engaged in real physical activity, in touch with the land, sampling the fruits of our labors together, the camaraderie of food and strong drink – I can no longer ignore the pleadings of my flesh, and the deep-seated need for touch in everyday experience.  I also recognize the continuous and deliberate attenuation of both of these in daily life in America today.

Filed under: American Dream, body-subject, civilization, commodification, cultural crisis, earth, earthly-sensuous, feminine, feral, freedom, geopolitics, human nature, nature, phenomenology, primal humanity, progress, rationality, religion, Russia, sexuality, Siberia, social contract, Spectacle, time