Identity
Identity is not a set of fixed attributes, the unchanging essence of the inner self, but a constantly shifting process of positioning...identity is always a never-completed process of becoming — a process of shifting identifications, rather than a singular, complete, finished state of being.
The man who discovered media codes and how to resist them
Ultimately, I argue for a view of the self and of identity that is the opposite of the personal brand: an unstable, shapeshifting thing determined by interactions with others and with different kinds of places.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
This constant addition and subtraction of experiences can keep us mindful that we are in a continual state of fluidity. There is no set list of qualities that define who we are, so there is no reason to panic if you feel a shift occurring.
Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That
“I’m not sure that I exist actually. I’m all the writers that I have read; all the people that I have met; all the women that I loved; all the cities that I visited”
I will always make my toast with olive oil because that’s how my dad makes his;
I will always make salad dressing with oil and vinegar because that’s how mom makes hers;
My boots ar
... See moreIn order to live in Sarajevo,there was no need to identify Sarajevo. But now, those who die inSarajevo die from the death of Sarajevo itself; they die from the pos-sibility—imposed by gunfire — of identifying some substance orpresence by this name, a presence measured by the yardstick of the“national” or the “state,” a body-symbol set up precisely ... See more
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A eulogy for Sarajevo
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