June 19, 2007

  • Timing, Part I:

    Let No Man Write
    My Epitaph

    -- Title of a novel
    by Willard Motley

    "Recall the passage in the Odyssey when he [Ulysses] encounters the Cyclops
    Polyphemos. Trying to disguise himself, to hide himself, Ulysses calls
    himself Outis-- nobody, no man, personne. Here, in a strategy of simple
    erasure, the Subject masks his singularity behind no one, das Man (here
    in a sense that does not depend on the Heidggerian distinction between
    the authentic Dasein and the inauthentic das Man). In French, Outis is
    translated as personne, meaning no one, no particular subject."

    -- Jacques Derrida, "Summary of Impromptu Remarks," pp. 39-45 in Anyone, ed. by Cynthia Davidson (New York: Rizzoli International, 1991)

    "In A GOOD YEAR, more than one reference is made to
    the secret of comedy. It's all in the timing, two characters explain.    " --Review at epinions.com

    Time of this entry:

    11:49:59