Damn, you can't half pack some stuff in your writing. Going to wrestle with this for a bit. It has been a while since I dusted off the three D's (Debord, Deleuze, and Derrida).
I do love "...being absorbed in perfecting the look of being absorbed."
Long, long ago, before I was actually clever, I used to go to great lengths to appear so. Sitting in pubs and cafes and parks or wherever pretending to be engrossed in some or other book, leaving my body to look back at how fucking cool and clever and interesting I must look to others, fine-tuning the pose as needed, being absorbed in perfecting the look of being absorbed, sans selfie.
V interesting. I’ve now got Mirror Mirror by Dollar as an ear worm.
Pop in the mirror returns next instalment. No Dollar (or Human League or Michael J)
Damn, you can't half pack some stuff in your writing. Going to wrestle with this for a bit. It has been a while since I dusted off the three D's (Debord, Deleuze, and Derrida).
I do love "...being absorbed in perfecting the look of being absorbed."
We have a masterclass in mirror selfies next week
Long, long ago, before I was actually clever, I used to go to great lengths to appear so. Sitting in pubs and cafes and parks or wherever pretending to be engrossed in some or other book, leaving my body to look back at how fucking cool and clever and interesting I must look to others, fine-tuning the pose as needed, being absorbed in perfecting the look of being absorbed, sans selfie.