Mastodawn

“Usually the #stereotype is a sad affair, since it is constituted by a necrosis of #language, a prothesis brought in to fill a hole in the #writing.” - #RolandBarthes, “Writers, Intellectuals, Teachers,” Image Music Text

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦6d ago

"Language, according to Beneviste, is the only #semioticsystem capable of interpreting another #semiotic #system ... How, then does #language when it has to interpret #music? Alas, it seems, very badly.' #RolandBarthes, "The Grain of the Voice," Image Music Text

Ilkka Janatuinen

Mar 5

There aren’t many books I think everyone should read, but Roland Barthes’ Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography definitely is one. New Finnish translation published by Bokeh Editions just landed on my desk and it’s beautiful!

https://holvi.com/shop/bokeh-kauppa/product/2cfe4fd8ab311dd0de375377ff6ee093/

#RolandBarthes #CameraLucida #bookstodon

Comité Laïcité République Feb 16

« Ces intellectuels maoïstes, aveugles et sourds » (Le Figaro Magazine, 13 fév. 26)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://laicite-republique.org/revue-de-presse/acteurs-politiques/gauche/article/ces-intellectuels-maoistes.html

Apokrif Feb 7

"Valeurs républicaines" #verbiage #RolandBarthes

The Lifeboat Academy Feb 5

What passes for “common sense” often defines which forms of intelligence are allowed to speak.

When we stop trying to force coherence through control, a different wisdom becomes audible — carried through exhaustion, relational signals, and shared attention. Listening reconnects us with what we already know, but have learned to ignore.

Full reflection for this week here:
https://emotus.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-that-is-already-there

#TheWisdomThatIsAlreadyThere #RelationalInfrastructure #PracticedAttention #RolandBarthes