NOTES

17.11.19

– j’accuse
Cinematic space-time
Mani Kaul

– Movies:
“आषाढ़ का एक दिन”
Compare with Hess’s Siddhartha

18.11.19

– sleet
stalactite
Transitional gropings & abortive beginnings
Telegraph poles
counterscarps
eglantine, sweetbrier
reliquary
Melancholy splendor
husband (v.)
periwinkle
alkaloid
mimosa
convolvulus
caravanseer
zebus
dewlap
amphora
debouche
Bastioned turrets
Non-commissioned officer

– The politics & economics of the animal kingdom!

– Even if Jesus’s resurrection was proven to be an empirical fact, its meaning & import would still be an article of faith!

– Courage the cowardly dog
Samurai Jack
confessor
Nativity Fast

– The highway to hell ~ cut off from GOD ~ Lying, hating your neighbor

– “Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him.” – Luke 20:38 (NET)

19.11.19

– Occupy, Anonymous, etc. – are we living in a fascist dystopia?

– bootlegging
Gangster ethics
The Red Scare
Lovecraftian
Stream-of-consciousness & glossolalia

20.11.19

– By creating my own routine to live in, I have become just like everybody else out there, in one system or another…!
What would it be like, to listen to the body, instead of always swinging between pushing it (social performance) and indulging it (mind-fuck). The body does NOT want to lead, it just wants to be heard & respected.
I must somehow break out of this vicious cycle, even if it risks total breakdown……!

– I’m dealing with the We & Us, in the Me!

– Yes, I know gotta be strong to take life as it is. But I also gotta be smart to make the most of it too. Right?

22.11.19

– Movies:
“Philophobia: The Fear of Falling in Love”
Comedy-horror!

– aperçu

– Movies:
“In Fabric”
WOW! The writing on the wall has a peculiar sound too 😜

– Day-night test match
Pink ball cricket
Real(i)ty

23.11.19

– Ayodhya temple dispute – how far back in history do you need to go, to arrive at the conclusion about the “original inhabitants/owners” of the land??
I think we should look at who was worshipping there after the period when empire-building kings invading & conquering other realms (E.g. Moghuls) was believed to be a legitimate thing.
This question is also relevant to the Israel-Palestine & India-Kashmir issue.

– assay
venality
Institutional debasement
mandamus

– Ghazals, bhajans, Dohe, Ragas

25.11.19

– The unconscious mind ~ the natural/physiological/animal world ~ the primitive

– Movies:
“Ready or Not”
“Salaam Bombay!”

– Ease of Living index for cities

– Distinguish:
Scratch/water resistant
&
Scratch/water proof

– bylaws

– “The one thing which we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, … to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do something without knowing how or why….” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

26.11.19

– Karan Thapar; The Wire
Idols as juristic persons