On the horizon of fantasy you always have the presence of the barred other. That is why fantasy is always linked to angst. What is the cause of angst? The first answer given by Lacan is that angst is caused by the other’s desire. Why? Because the other’s desire is an x, and an x, an unknown, always produces anxiety.
Lacan provided a parable to help us understand anxiety: Imagine a giant female praying mantis approaching you while you are wearing a mask without knowing what kind of mask you are wearing. If you happen to be wearing the mask of a male praying mantis without knowing it, you have a reason to feel angst. You see here the limit in which angst appears. Angst is linked to the x but it is not the x itself that arouses anxiety. It is, rather, the object you might be without knowing it.
Lacan provided a parable to help us understand anxiety: Imagine a giant female praying mantis approaching you while you are wearing a mask without knowing what kind of mask you are wearing. If you happen to be wearing the mask of a male praying mantis without knowing it, you have a reason to feel angst. You see here the limit in which angst appears. Angst is linked to the x but it is not the x itself that arouses anxiety. It is, rather, the object you might be without knowing it.
Colette Soler, Reading Seminars I and II (via sublimehysteric)
To hear a neuroscientist talk about what it was like to have a stroke is a very rare thing made possible by the internet.
EXTREMELY intriguing.
EDIT: And we thought V.S. Ramachandran’s research was astounding. First-hand account!
Dj Rashad _ you azz
JUKE IT. And don’t be stupid we’ll break them fuckin’ speakers show you how to do this.
Hard Mode: No head nodding.
God Mode: No fucking body movement of any kind.
Burial - Ashtray Wasp (Preview)
The other tracks are “Kindred”, “Loner” and “Wasp Ashtray”.
The EP is dropping on February 4th in Japan following up very shortly to the UK.(via Ego Thieves)
(Source: postdubstep)
