AnneFinally finished Mark Fisher’s Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures. I’ve been working my way through it, on and off, since the end of January.
Most of his essays in this book feature musical artists from the rave scene in London, circa early 2000’s. I’ve never heard of them before (not much of a raver, I’m afraid) but I looked them up and listened to their music while I read and took notes.
There were also essays which featured movies that I’ve seen before and mentions of movies I haven’t seen but would now like to. I particularly enjoyed his writings on The Shining, Momento, and Inception. I rewatched Momento and Inception after reading the essays and got more out of them then with previous viewings.
I first ran into Mark Fisher’s work last year, watching some of his lectures on YouTube. I’m sad that he died. The world needs more Mark Fishers.