You can find the synopsis of this episode, further notes, and a convenient place to comment here.
The key points in this "speaking":
- On the sensation of time passing, the threat of invisibility as we age, and the trauma of constant visual exposure.
- We can no longer feel what it is to be human; we only see it. In contrast to the image, to feel yourself (your inner and outer states) is always to feel yourself as a wholly ephemeral and constantly shifting creature.
- The age of the image, the age of the screen, the age of the spectacle is an age in which our social signifiers make everything appear to be the same. We live through these mediated symbols to such a degree that we can no longer feel the particularity of our own experiences.
- To be truly yourself, you have to die to the public gaze: you must accept that the truest happiness and deepest love cannot be expressed.
- You must travel your vast terrain of inner experience alone (but this is precisely the intimacy with others that you seek—intimacy with the other of your self).
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future topics, you can email me at sondra@sondrawriter.com. You can also check out my website at www.sondrawriter.com, where you'll find my essays and links to my memoir.
Music is L'épisode cévenol by Circus Marcus, from the Free Music Archive. License type: CC BY-NC.You can find the synopsis of this episode, further notes, and a convenient place to comment here.
