In my previous post, I described the content of one of Goenka's 10-day "Vipassana" meditation courses, and offered a quick explanation about what goes on there. I ended with an observation that, in addition to its core content, the courses also had some drawbacks. What I meant by this is, essentially: In addition to training …
I recently got back from one of those 10-day meditation courses in the Goenka tradition of the Vipassana movement. And there are three things I want to say about it -- each in its own blog post. Basically, think of the 10-day course like an hour-long radio programme. You see, his whole shtick is one …
So. To recap. In September 2017, I wrote a blog post in which I presented a little analysis of anxiety and depression, and then offered up an account of my personal experience over the previous two years as an example. It provided a decent enough summary of my life up until that point. And then, …
Yo. So, this is the second in a series of essays about Star Wars as a film franchise, and about The Last Jedi in particular. Click here if you wish to get a sense of a wider sweep. In the previous essay, I laid out a fairly basic reading of the key elements of Star …
Continue reading Star Wars, the Last Jedi, and the Politics of Style
[This planned series of blog posts ballooned way out of hand. There's no way it'll ever get finished. I'll probably circle round to doing something about Star Wars in a few years -- but as far as this particular dissection of Episode VIII goes, don't expect it go anywhere.] Introduction So, I saw Star Wars: …
Continue reading The Last Jedi is the Best Jedi – Episode I : Style
This post does two things. It discusses depression and anxiety, and how they work, and how to go about getting rid of them (in less severe cases). And then it discusses my personal experience of depression and anxiety, and how it worked, and how I went about getting rid of it (with a really weird, …
In my first ever post on my own website, I am going to examine the films of Makoto Shinkai, and more specifically, his two masterpieces: 5 Centimeters per Second and Your Name (Kimi no Na wa). The main thing, though, is that I'll be using them to extract and explore some ideas on the nature of romantic love. Mostly revolving around how bloody hard it is to figure out.
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