interspecies engagement with domesticated bougie mice; a poetics of edging and indirectness; OCD and synchronicity; cabbage salad; and some recent shows
Speaking of synchronicity and OCD - reading this just now as I was trying to find words for some of these experiences. YES. The need for meaning, which is the same for the need for order. But it’s so hard to explain. Even when I was in inpatient treatment, trying to explain the difficulty of always needing to time things just right was met by bafflement. Hand washing? “Normal,” for being abnormal. (I hate that language. But it’s so much of the mindset.) Needing utter, perfect cosmic order? Too bad, I guess.
Speaking of synchronicity and OCD - reading this just now as I was trying to find words for some of these experiences. YES. The need for meaning, which is the same for the need for order. But it’s so hard to explain. Even when I was in inpatient treatment, trying to explain the difficulty of always needing to time things just right was met by bafflement. Hand washing? “Normal,” for being abnormal. (I hate that language. But it’s so much of the mindset.) Needing utter, perfect cosmic order? Too bad, I guess.
This has been such a delicious read. I will revisit it more than once for sure. Thank you