"The Time Is Out of Joint": Notes on Metachrony

Humans generally look for patterns. It’s one of the things we’re good at, as a species: finding patterns in things, even when they’re not there. So it’s not particularly surprising that we look to the past to try to figure out what the fuck is going on: what is the pattern at work here?

Literary Theory, Written by: EdgarC.-E. BoylesJanuary 13, 2020Metachrony, Personal, Jorge Luis Borges, St. Augustine, My Chemical Romance, The Expanse, Say Anything, Monte Cook, NumeneraComment

Again and Again: On the Nature of Trauma and its Connection to Art

This is a reference to the Nietzschean idea of the eternal return, which is originally used as a part of a vital and life-affirming philosophy, but when considering that not all of us have agency at all times, it hints at something darker: if you're going to relive every part of your life, you need to make decisions you're comfortable making again – but you're also doomed to re-experience the worst things that happened to you innumerable times.

Analysis, Written by: Cameron, Personal, Book reviewsCameron SummersSeptember 9, 2019Trauma, Alchemy, True Detective, Jorge Luis Borges, Over Your Cities Grass Will GrowComment