ObscureLeftist @ObscureLeftist@masto.anarch.cc

One of the things that makes wage labor counter to an enthusiasm for life is how it treats ends as disconnected, and therefore interchangeable with processes. For the average worker the process is disconnected from any project they can get invested in, someone flipping burgers is structurally dissuaded from giving a fuck about process their involved in. The only investment is getting a paycheck so that they can actually pursue their desires. This makes labor interchangeable with any other, the end of making money could be tied to any process, the process is devalued.

Ends awaken the drive. Enjoyment lies in the process.

Been thinking about color and it’s relation to the gaze and the Real. Unfortunately there isn’t much in specifically Lacanian literature about color. There are some peripheral comments Lacan makes in Seminar 11 when commenting on Merleau-Ponty’s work, specifically “Eye and Mind” and “Phenomenogy of Perception”, so I’ll probably read investigate there. My preliminary thoughts relates to the comments on the gaze and light, which are more plentiful. I’ll need to investigate further into the intensity of different colors and their affective effects.

I think I’m ready to do some theory posts 😈