August 29, 2006 at 7:27 am · tag/s : blog, text
grok
as in : i grok you ; i want to grok my doubt
Grok (IPA /gɹɑk/, rhymes with rock) is a verb that connotes knowledge greater than that which can be sensed by an outside observer. It is an understanding beyond empathy and intimacy. In grokking, one experiences the literal capabilities and frame of reference of the subject.
from wikipedia
August 27, 2006 at 1:27 pm · tag/s : blog, reading
i am a long time fan of the velvet underground, and their song venus in furs is an immortal classic - however i have only recently started to read the book by leopold von sacher-masoch first published in 1870 which was gifted to me by a learned friend
nature has put man at woman’s mercy through his passion, and woman is misguided if she fails to make him her subject, her slave, no, her toy and ultimately fails to laugh and betray him… p4
download the text of venus in furs at the gutenburg project
August 22, 2006 at 3:30 pm · tag/s : blog, experiments, research, thinking
oh
this is now a page