"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