2.3.13

A Note on Robert Walser

The Monkey
When asked "Who are you?" the monkey replies by telling stories of encounters he has had. Which is not an untrue response of who a person (or monkey) is.

Freudians versus Jungians


When undertaking some archive work with the psychoanalyst Malcolm Pines, I came across a photograph of cricketers, standing for a group portrait. I showed this to Malcolm, asking him to explain the photograph if he could. He looked at the photograph, then suddenly remembered. "That was when the Freudians played the Jungians", much to my delight. The battle of the minds' form of taking it to the streets. I asked if he could remember who won. He replied, "I think they agreed to call it a draw."

"Your reputation is you"

Hobbes said that "the reputation of Power is Power". What a good observation.