Newsletter writers’ anxiety syndrome has two variations. One is, “Will I run out of things to write about?” The other is, “Am I beginning to repeat myself without realizing it?” It is not an idle fear: I have a terrible memory for what I have written. There are days I think my motto should be, “Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.” Yet there is another way to think about repetition, and that is the subject of the present newsletter. It could be summed up in a different motto: “The best things in life are repeated.” A case should be made for that object of frequent contempt, comforting familiarity.
Thank you, Samantha! That's very meaningful to me. The association with Hegel is unexpected and very evocative. We read, read again and get a different version, and synthesize the two. Cool. Hope you're doing well. It's great to hear from you. I'm honored that you read the newsletter.
One of my favorite newsletters to date. Hegel's dialectic came to mind, with the rereading of certain meaningful works of literature culminating in a kind of synthesis of former thesis and antithesis.
Thank you, Samantha! That's very meaningful to me. The association with Hegel is unexpected and very evocative. We read, read again and get a different version, and synthesize the two. Cool. Hope you're doing well. It's great to hear from you. I'm honored that you read the newsletter.
One of my favorite newsletters to date. Hegel's dialectic came to mind, with the rereading of certain meaningful works of literature culminating in a kind of synthesis of former thesis and antithesis.