Tag Archives: weeping

Georges Bataille: Improvisation Within a Field of Contradictions

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

…. two movements…. One’s in harmony with nature; the other questions it. We can’t do away with either. [109 Guilty by Georges Bataille]* “We do not have the right to wish for a single state. We have to desire to … Continue reading →

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A Rainbow of Tears: Reading John Ashbery

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Mark Kerstetter

I’m a regular fountain of tears today

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References to Weeping in Samuel Beckett’s The Unnamable

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Mark Kerstetter

The Unnamable is full of references to eyes: eyes opening and shutting, eyes with or without eyelids, disembodied eyes, eyes that can’t see, eyes that can’t help but see, and most of all, eyes that weep copiously and without ceasing. … Continue reading →

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