[“He will find that after ‘subject relates to object’ comes ‘subject destroys object.’” – D.W. Winnicott] “Destroys object” because the subject reduces the object to its relation to himself, ignoring what the object is in itself and for itself. The ceremony of noun-ing has captured the object, now struggling like a dying butterfly pinned to a collector’s trophy board. <END> Buy it at amazon.com/author/terencekuch: Try Try Again – A novel of deadly U.S. political intrigue … [Read more...]
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“An Object” / Memorable Fancies #1240
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