Thanks Davood again for going deeper and slower (not a quick-take) into difficult dynamics, public/private issues, other relevant writers. I'd like to know more about Heidegger 's being, '"the more primordial being" 41:30 I'm glad I watched to the end with the VW reference, which leaves me with more to linger on. Also nice to see your cute cat. Your "slow-take"/ videos challenge me to pay closer attention and to re-watch your better and higher quality content.🙂 Patrick
Thank you, Patrick! I've started to give myself more liberty with the pace and length of videos. You know, according to the rules (commandments) of content creation, one has to post short videos regularly. I'm finding that doing the opposite makes much more sense to me-posting videos that aren't rushed (relatively longer) and taking time to prepare them (at an irregular pace). Thanks for your attention and encouraging words.
I'm glad to hear my the discussion of "Curtain" was thought-provoking despite its seemingly different focus. I'm still kind of pondering the connection between this and "Knife" which I haven't read, so I don't have anything too concrete to add here. But, I do think it's an interesting juxtaposition. I've been focused a lot lately in some of my other readings (Jane Eyre, and Intermezzo by Sally Rooney) on the ways in which sudden and irreversible experiences, like being attacked with a knife I'm sure, shake our view of the world and force us to rethink our conceptions of ourselves. And the language of "cutting" as well as the metaphor of the falling curtain does feel apt for such scenarios. It's interesting what you say about how it feels like a missed opportunity for Rushdie not to have forgiven his attacker, because I think I would have hoped for the same thing. When someone insists they really don't care about something or someone, usually to me it feels like a denial of something that clearly still carries some emotional charge in their mind (otherwise why would they voluntarily bring it up)? But I won't say more since I haven't actually read the book.
Thank you, Mike! Yes, it might not even be necessary to forgive as long as one recognizes the possibility of forgiveness and the need for it. I was tempted to get into a longer discussion of forgiveness but I didn’t feel prepared to do so… maybe at a later point.
thank you for the video. Very interesting points. You discussed retelling and the beginning of a new book (symbolically). I thought of it a lot and i think we all have moments like that, that something really shakens things and i have felt like this too and i realized after watching your video that my life has maybe different parts too, and retelling would be important in personal level. Life does not have to go on like nothing happened if something major has happened. -- i would really love to take part in that reading group too but i am too busy with work sadly. It would be awesome to read that book by Byung Chul Han.
@@DavoodGozli Definitely I am not talking about Rushdie, and I cannot even imagine the horror that he went through. He has the right to be angry, I want to respect his suffering. - But anyhow, generally speaking, in less traumatic life situations, it really is easier to demand other people not to be angry in terms of controversial subjects. People have opposing opinions and it is too easy to expect flexibility and tolerance from others but - not from oneself. So, what is the respect between people who have different opinions, I wonder. Your thoughts in this video were mind-opening.
Thanks Davood again for going deeper and slower (not a quick-take) into difficult dynamics, public/private issues, other relevant writers. I'd like to know more about Heidegger 's being, '"the more primordial being" 41:30 I'm glad I watched to the end with the VW reference, which leaves me with more to linger on. Also nice to see your cute cat. Your "slow-take"/ videos challenge me to pay closer attention and to re-watch your better and higher quality content.🙂 Patrick
Thank you, Patrick! I've started to give myself more liberty with the pace and length of videos. You know, according to the rules (commandments) of content creation, one has to post short videos regularly. I'm finding that doing the opposite makes much more sense to me-posting videos that aren't rushed (relatively longer) and taking time to prepare them (at an irregular pace). Thanks for your attention and encouraging words.
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I'm glad to hear my the discussion of "Curtain" was thought-provoking despite its seemingly different focus. I'm still kind of pondering the connection between this and "Knife" which I haven't read, so I don't have anything too concrete to add here. But, I do think it's an interesting juxtaposition. I've been focused a lot lately in some of my other readings (Jane Eyre, and Intermezzo by Sally Rooney) on the ways in which sudden and irreversible experiences, like being attacked with a knife I'm sure, shake our view of the world and force us to rethink our conceptions of ourselves. And the language of "cutting" as well as the metaphor of the falling curtain does feel apt for such scenarios.
It's interesting what you say about how it feels like a missed opportunity for Rushdie not to have forgiven his attacker, because I think I would have hoped for the same thing. When someone insists they really don't care about something or someone, usually to me it feels like a denial of something that clearly still carries some emotional charge in their mind (otherwise why would they voluntarily bring it up)? But I won't say more since I haven't actually read the book.
Thank you, Mike! Yes, it might not even be necessary to forgive as long as one recognizes the possibility of forgiveness and the need for it. I was tempted to get into a longer discussion of forgiveness but I didn’t feel prepared to do so… maybe at a later point.
thank you for the video. Very interesting points. You discussed retelling and the beginning of a new book (symbolically). I thought of it a lot and i think we all have moments like that, that something really shakens things and i have felt like this too and i realized after watching your video that my life has maybe different parts too, and retelling would be important in personal level. Life does not have to go on like nothing happened if something major has happened. -- i would really love to take part in that reading group too but i am too busy with work sadly. It would be awesome to read that book by Byung Chul Han.
the kittens are adorable!
I have to add that what happened to Salman Rushdie is so sad and shocking. And I wish him the healing.
Thanks for your comment. I agree with you regarding Rushdie - I'm glad he survived the incident and healed to a considerable extent.
@@DavoodGozli Definitely I am not talking about Rushdie, and I cannot even imagine the horror that he went through. He has the right to be angry, I want to respect his suffering. - But anyhow, generally speaking, in less traumatic life situations, it really is easier to demand other people not to be angry in terms of controversial subjects. People have opposing opinions and it is too easy to expect flexibility and tolerance from others but - not from oneself. So, what is the respect between people who have different opinions, I wonder. Your thoughts in this video were mind-opening.
More mouths to feed… with any luck they won’t be readers.
It’s been awhile - you’re looking well. 🧐
Thank you, Dan, for your attention and encouragement! The cats bring a lot of joy to our life. Hope you're doing well, with reading and otherwise.