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Camus, repetition, and the pains, graces, and distractions of consciousness

Here is Albert Camus on Sisyphus in 1942: “the gods. . . thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.” This, as Jill Fellows pointed out in her discussion of Camus is … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb5-2013 | Tagged with Camus, consciousness, ideology, reading, repetition, tragedy

On reading and disengagement

Last week I asked you to give me, on anonymous slips of paper, any questions about Arts One you wanted answered but didn’t quite want to ask in public. One member of the seminar had a fantastic (translation: impactful and … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb5-2013 | Tagged with boredom, reading, studying, texts

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