The right word is something I have been thinking about a lot while writing this paper on Freud, and I think I have reached a point in my argument (on page eight of nine) wherein I need to begin using the word "symbolic" in an entirely different sense than that in which I have been for the previous seven pages. That is to say, I first adopted "symbolic" when quoting Freud's "symbolic geography of sex" (eloquent), but for the purposes of my argument actually going somewhere and being something I need it in the Lacanian sense. Which I guess is kind of related.
Ok this is boring.
From Steven Marcus' essay “Freud and Dora: Story, History, Case History.”
Also, Bouguereau made another appearance in lecture today (this time as related to cubism):
For some reason Bouguereau always seems to be put up as an exemplar of bad art, but I like Bouguereau. I mean, look at this picture, really look at it. There's a porpoise! Weird cherub angels descending from (ascending?) heaven! Weird centaurs in the ocean with conch shells. Awkwardly held hands. Additional porpoises. It's totally great, don't try to tell me it's not.
I like Bouguereau as well. The fact that all of his paintings are of naked ladies swarming around mythological creatures is, well, very revealing (to tie this comment back to psychoanalysis).
ReplyDeleteNaked ladies and porpoises. I wish I could paint that!
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