David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

foucault writes

It would be wrong to say that the soul is an illusion, or an ideological effect. On the contrary, it exists, it has a reality, it is produced permanently around, on, within, the body by the functioning of a power that is exercised on those that are punished. (my emphasis)66 Michel Foucault, Disipline and Punish:…
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler

Rather, the question is: From what strategic position in public discourse and for what reasons has the trope of interiority and the disjunctive binary of inner/outer taken hold? In what language is “inner space” figured? What kind of figuration is it, and through what figure of the body is it signified? How does a body…
The Every by Dave Eggers

The Every by Dave Eggers My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fantastic. The Characters are not revolutionary. The Plot is not that complex. The Satire is not that unique. The Setting is very much today plus and rather simple. Having said that, this book is simply perfect. A charming book that needed to be written.…
Ace of wands and five of pentacles
Isa
Lamy Dialog 3

I ordered a new pen.
A. B. Yehoshua

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.
Archery

Cody and his friend Jack and I went to the range at Mile Square Park and shot for about one hour. Afterward, we got cheesecake. It was a fun Sunday