“Reading and Writing Is Hardly Living”: On the Speed of Observation, Cont.

In the preceding argument, I chose as my introduction a song from Dirty Projectors. While the choice might appear somewhat arbitrary, particularly when put in alignment with all the other philosophers cited, it was not in the least random. (Especially when the task at hand is to determine re-cognizable qualities of insight and profundity, to…

Affection as Resonance Among Agents

What follows is the third part of the Violence of Empathy series, which begins here. It is the sequel to Empathy as an Act of Reading, which can be accessed here. 1: Resonance is the antithesis of loneliness, which may be summarized with the common phrase “the feeling of being understood,” “of being seen.” Counseling…