Weekly Writing

Yet another similarity between Foucault and Dungeons and Dragons, is their similar approach to the notebook/journal. In “Self Writing” Foucault says that writing takes the place of another, and serves … Continue readingThe Adventuring Journal

In “Self Writing,” Foucault stresses that correspondence — although it has a similar function of providing introspection, even as the writer writes to an audience other than himself — is … Continue readingGaze in Correspondence

I’m a recent dungeons and dragons game I played in, our party had run into a hermit. Ironically, this game took place the same day we had discussed self writing … Continue readingThe Hermit

Theresa Sauter wrote a scholarly journal article titled “‘What’s on your mind?’ Writing on Facebook as a tool for self-formation”, where she explains how writing on Facebook and other social … Continue reading‘What’s on your mind?’ Writing on Facebook as a tool for self-formation

With the drag show happening this week and myself being a participant, I spent a lot of time thinking about the world of drag. With shows such as “RuPaul’s Drag … Continue readingDrag and Popularity

“Finally, writing about inner impulses appears, also according to Athanasius’s text, as a weapon in spiritual combat. While the Devil is a power who deceives and causes one to be … Continue readingthe darker side of “spiritual combat”

In “On Notebooks,” one of Joan Didion’s essays from Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Didion writes of her personal experience with keeping a notebook and writing things down. She sees her urge … Continue readingHupomnemata and Joan Didion

Foucault writes, “…writing about oneself appears clearly in its relationship of complementarity with reclusion: it palliates the dangers of solitude; it offers what one has done or thought to a … Continue readingSelf-Thinking & Reflection

In this text, Foucault is basically saying that writing is a good way to clear ones headspace and that it is good for you. It is a way to get … Continue readingSelf Writing

In Self-Writing Foucault says “what others are to the ascetic in a community, the notebook is to the recluse”. Myself being one of the recluses he has described, I can … Continue readingSelf-Writing = Self-Thinking