A Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks
Angels by Mark Sinckler
“It is meant to make people think about the effects of faith.”
If You Got The Money - Jamie T (http://www.jamie-t.com)
I’ve spent four minutes writing
the things I cannot say.
I’ve spent four miles running,
my torso bent one-way.
I’ve spent two hours packing
to go a place I hate.
I’ve spent two hours pacing,
contemplating fate.
I’ve written all I aim to;
I’ve run my body out.
I’ve filled up my suitcase;
I’ve walked away my doubt.
And yet in all this doing,
I have not found my being.
(And yet, in all this writing,
I have not found my meaning.)
(Source: poetcetera)
For Lacan, the phallic symbolism of an object signifies enjoyment (the fulfillment of craving or longing) and castration (loss) simultaneously. ‘In this way,’ writes Žižek, ‘it becomes possible that the very agency which entices us to search for enjoyment induces us to renounce it.’ Slavoj Žižek, The Metastases of Enjoyment: Six Essays on Women and Causality (London: Verso, 2005), p.97
Brick Lane, London 2011
