Blue Octavo

December 17.
Empty days.



Franz Kafka // The Blue Octavo Notebooks

anoesis

— (noun) Psychology. A rare word, anoesis is characterized as a state of blind emotion filled with extreme sensation without any cognitive awareness. Your senses, perception and feelings are extremely elevated and devoid  of intellectual comprehension.




etymology: Ancient Greek:anoēsis = “lack of understanding”

Screwjack

I am guilty, Lord, but I am also a lover - and I am one of your best people, as you know; and yes though I have walked in many strange shadows and acted crazy from time to time and even drooled on many High Priests, I have not been an embarrassment to you… So leave me alone, goddamnit, and send Mr. Screwjack back to me; and if the others have any questions or snide comments about it, tell them to eat shit and die.





Hunter S. Thompson // Screwjack

Simulacro

Pornography “shows it all,”..and for that very reason produces the mere simulacrum of sexuality, while the process of seduction consists entirely in the play of appearances, hints, and promises, and thereby evokes the elusive domain of the suprasensible sublime Thing.

1995

Pine scent, backseat of
a Toyota
Two dresses;
both velvet, one crushed
saying Merry Christmas!
and having affairs


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My hands grieve for
your gentle enthusiasms
Every morning
I am heavy with contradictions

Sometimes, but rarely,
the Night is fast.





Sara Sutterlin

Thalassophile

— (noun) A rare word, thalassophile is defined as a lover of the ocean. A  thalassophile appreciate the calm and violent beauty of the sea, as well as its natural duality between vulnerability and strength. Water is the only element which is simultaneously strong to cause an uprising, but delicate enough to sneak into the Earth’s smallest creaks.

the Scared is scared from Bianca Giaever on Vimeo.

Apanthropinization

— (noun) A rare and ancient word in the English lexicon, apanthropinization is defined as the act of withdrawing oneself from the state of humanity and its inevitable turmoil and anxiety. Although, phonetically and aesthetically, the word is harsh, its meaning originated from a delicate urge: the primitive human need to lust in beauty, particularly the beauty of nature. Without a doubt apanthropinization possesses hermit-like behavior, but surfaces from instinct. One does not retreat because he/she is bitter, but rather retreats to the primal urge to admire and become captivated by beauty and symmetry.