To paraphrase Sally Field, “I can’t deny that he likes me. He really, really likes me. Simon has entered what looks like a classic Oedipal phase. My response to this development is “aaaaaah,” while Matt’s is more “I better watch my back.” It’s not that Simon doesn’t love his Daddy; he clearly does so very […]
Monthly Archive for October, 2009
Noise Pollution
Posted in Jessica on Oct 2nd, 2009
My mind is going. I can feel it, Dave. (2001: A Space Odyssey) There is an ancient flood story called Atra Hasis that I studied and translated part of when I was in graduate school. In this Akkadian telling of the deluge, the gods are prompted by noise to destroy humanity. Literally. The tablets tell […]