Lana
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Lana
Few people seem to use the word for their whole physical organism. “I have a body” is more common than “I am a body.” We speak of “my” legs as we speak of “my” clothes, and “I” seems to remain intact even if the legs are amputated. We say, “I speak, I walk, I think, and (even) I breathe.” But we do not say, “I shape my bones, I grow my nails, and I
... See moreAlan Watts • The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
In 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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We are familiar from existential phenomenology with the claim that my body is not something I “have,” but something I “am.” What I am suggesting here, however, is that my body is something I do (cf. Ames, 1984, p. 48). And if we ask “who” does this, the answer is not a punctiformal ego with its body over-against it, but rather a dilated... See more
Enhancing Development Policies through Communication Approaches
Elizabeth A. Behnke, Ghost Gestures
“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 are a
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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
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.