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– The entire section on machines makes me draw comparisons between Warhol's loneliness and our own generation's tendencies to cope.
Only one-fifth of the way through the book and already so much to think about – I'm enjoying this immensely!
— Apr 22, 2021 08:42AM
Only one-fifth of the way through the book and already so much to think about – I'm enjoying this immensely!
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Nandini
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The book is becoming a lot more intense with more serious themes being explored (including criminality, PTSD, role of abuse in the manifestation of loneliness)
— Apr 25, 2021 11:21AM
Nandini
is on page 69 of 315
[contd] Or is it only that the presence of life around us makes us more aware of our own feelings, forcing us into acknowledgement of them?
– I paused in-between Hopper's chapter to watch Rear Window's trailer and I have to say that it only heightened the experience and that I highly recommend doing so!
– The alienation that language causes! Wonderfully written! (More on this later)
[contd 3/X]
— Apr 22, 2021 08:41AM
– I paused in-between Hopper's chapter to watch Rear Window's trailer and I have to say that it only heightened the experience and that I highly recommend doing so!
– The alienation that language causes! Wonderfully written! (More on this later)
[contd 3/X]
Nandini
is on page 69 of 315
[contd]: The affect of loneliness on the physical body and on the ways in which we regularly function. Do our own instincts turn against us? (OL mentions the fight or flight response wreaking havoc on the body in the case of a chronic ailment).
– Is it perhaps easier to escape the feeling of loneliness if we're not in a city, something repeatedly referenced as a device that propagates our loneliness? [contd 2/X]
— Apr 22, 2021 08:36AM
– Is it perhaps easier to escape the feeling of loneliness if we're not in a city, something repeatedly referenced as a device that propagates our loneliness? [contd 2/X]
Nandini
is on page 69 of 315
Some stunning observations by Laing, not at all what I was expecting from this book (though to be frank, I went into it entirely unaware and simply seduced by the beautiful purple cover).
A few thoughts I've had while reading so far:
– The classification of loneliness as a chronic infliction is an interesting one and leaves me with a lot of unanswered wonderings: [contd 1/X]
— Apr 22, 2021 08:28AM
A few thoughts I've had while reading so far:
– The classification of loneliness as a chronic infliction is an interesting one and leaves me with a lot of unanswered wonderings: [contd 1/X]
Nandini
is on page 69 of 315
Some stunning observations by Laing, not at all what I was expecting from this book (though to be frank, I went into it entirely unaware and simply seduced by the beautiful purple cover).
A few thoughts I've had while reading so far:
– The classification of loneliness as a chronic infliction is an interesting one and leaves me with a lot of unanswered wonderings: [contd 1/X]
— Apr 22, 2021 08:28AM
A few thoughts I've had while reading so far:
– The classification of loneliness as a chronic infliction is an interesting one and leaves me with a lot of unanswered wonderings: [contd 1/X]
Nandini
is on page 69 of 315
Some stunning observations by Laing, not at all what I was expecting from this book (though to be frank, I went into it entirely unaware and simply seduced by the beautiful purple cover).
A few thoughts I've had while reading so far:
– The classification of loneliness as a chronic infliction is an interesting one and leaves me with a lot of unanswered wonderings: [contd 1/X]
— Apr 22, 2021 08:27AM
A few thoughts I've had while reading so far:
– The classification of loneliness as a chronic infliction is an interesting one and leaves me with a lot of unanswered wonderings: [contd 1/X]
