of reading le monde, i am reading le new york times.
instead of writing my dissertation, i am reading about daphne merkin's struggle with her work avoidance and its contextual depression.
but what makes it all worth it is her quotation of writer and psychoanalyst adam phillips: “psychoanalysis is about what two people can say to each other if they agree not to have sex.”
brilliance.
4 comments:
Wow. In one brief post, you've changed the way I think about the work I do.
Seriously awesome.
thanks, chrissie! i was actually totally thinking about you while i was reading the article! this was the only thing that i was sad about regarding our historic meeting last christmas - i wanted to ask you many more questions about the work that you do/your inspirations/the books you read for your work/etc. i have this fantasy that if i weren't trying to finish this phd in literature, i would love to study psychology! maybe one day....xoxo
Want to hear something funny? Someone just put a copy of that article in my box at work.
“(fill in the blank) is about what two people can say to each other if they agree not to have sex.”
this may be stretching it, but i think we can broaden without losing meaning...
Post a Comment