Constellations of Desire – Book Three of Solitary Ethics

Constellations of Desire forms the third part of Solitary Ethics, a sequence on ethical and moral considerations. The book is available here. Book One, Caravaggio’s Dagger, deals with right action in the context of the experience of the individual will; Book Two, Mahler and Freud Meet in Leiden, in the context of the absolute nature […]

Political Insurrection and the Symphony – Mahler and Freud Meet in Leiden II:II:1

The subject of the poem “Insurrection” is the search for clarity of content in a chosen form. The forms selected are political insurrection and the orchestral symphony, both constrained by the norms of place and society. The setting is in the Hungarian forests, where the insurgents are, and the nearby Esterháza Palace, where Haydn is […]