i think that ME O'Brien's essay on family abolition in Endnotes is far better than what lewis writes (i dislike her uterine geographies essay and her tone in general lol). to me, attending w/ the eye of love & to the given as you describe it here is something O'Brien's essay (and maybe sacasas?) would suggest is largely not possible under precarious working conditions/extreme work schedules/etc. i'm all for giving up freedom to attend to the relations we have with others, but i don't have much to give when i'm not freed from wages or work if that makes sense. perhaps this is because i don't want to attend to the job given to me, but in any case i think that abolition of wages etc. would not actually get rid of the family - it would probably just tweak the form a bit :)
Love how you tied everything together. I’m reminded of this from Arendt:
“This future man, whom the scientists tell us they will produce in no more than a hundred years, seems to be possessed by a rebellion against human existence as it has been given, a free gift from nowhere (secularly speaking), which he wishes to exchange, as it were, for something he has made himself.”
i think that ME O'Brien's essay on family abolition in Endnotes is far better than what lewis writes (i dislike her uterine geographies essay and her tone in general lol). to me, attending w/ the eye of love & to the given as you describe it here is something O'Brien's essay (and maybe sacasas?) would suggest is largely not possible under precarious working conditions/extreme work schedules/etc. i'm all for giving up freedom to attend to the relations we have with others, but i don't have much to give when i'm not freed from wages or work if that makes sense. perhaps this is because i don't want to attend to the job given to me, but in any case i think that abolition of wages etc. would not actually get rid of the family - it would probably just tweak the form a bit :)
Love how you tied everything together. I’m reminded of this from Arendt:
“This future man, whom the scientists tell us they will produce in no more than a hundred years, seems to be possessed by a rebellion against human existence as it has been given, a free gift from nowhere (secularly speaking), which he wishes to exchange, as it were, for something he has made himself.”
wonderful
I really enjoyed this, thanks for writing it. Amazing painting, and the quote from that tweet at the end is a beautiful way to bring things together
luv all of this and that painting is stunning