On Wanting to Change

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Adam Phillips is a British psychoanalyst I've been meaning to read for awhile. The ideal moment cropped up, because what's better to ring in the new year than a book about change? Except psychoanalysis, that maddening, enthralling, bewitching field of study, is here to scramble your brain & upend all of your accepted beliefs & ideas about change being a necessarily good or productive thing. I especially loved the bits on DW Winnicott & Socrates.

batsy The book also has an epigraph by the poet Denise Levertov, "Let's go—much as that dog goes, intently haphazard". Those lines just lodged in my mind & lead me to look up the wonderful poem https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/03/saturday-poem-1-73.html : "There's nothing the dog disdains on his way, nevertheless he keeps moving". 2y

Bibliomania Sounds really interesting... but maybe a bit much for my brain right now! Adding it to my list for another time though :)
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batsy @Bibliomania I hear you 😆 It's short but I still found it dense enough to need frequent breaks to sit and ponder, lol. 2y

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bnp Love the Levertov quote - describes my life. 2y

plemmdog I just ordered Missing Out, after I heard a podcast by one of my favorite film directors, Joachim Trier. I‘m excited to read him! 2y

batsy @bnp ❤️ it feels like a mode of being I need to strive toward! 2y

batsy @plemmdog I have Missing Out on my TBR. That's so cool about Trier mentioning Phillips! I've been meaning to watch The Worst Person in the World. 2y

rockpools Love your review. This sounds so good - but I‘m not sure I‘m up for 🤯-ness at the moment!! 2y

batsy @rockpools Thank you! I hope you're recovering well and feeling better 💜 2y

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