http://snarkyninja.com Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:29:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From Zizek's Organs without Bodies: "During the shooting of David Lean's Doctor Zhivago in a Madrid suburb in 1964, a crowd of Spanish statists had to sing the 'Internationale' in a scene involving a mass demonstration.  The movie team was astonished to discover that they all knew the song and were singing ... http://snarkyninja.com/?p=82 At some point I'll have more time to write.  Until then, Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet: "I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and ... http://snarkyninja.com/?p=81 It's come to my attention that some people missed the link I gave way back in January to see pictures from the trip. Go here to see everything we've got: http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtrix/ Enjoy! http://snarkyninja.com/?p=79 (this is a sam flores print - thanks, sam, your work is always so close to my heart) The more I integrate back into my life in the city, the more I realize that my priorities have certainly shifted, that my desire for more steadiness and connection are still here, and ... http://snarkyninja.com/?p=76       ("love comes from the most unexpected places...", by woolloomooloo.) Traveling allowed me let go of a bunch of life stuff that clutters my brain: the constant surge of information through the internets, the competing needs of friend, families, colleagues, communities, the apparent obligations of being a late 20-something in San Francisco, ... http://snarkyninja.com/?p=74 Uh, so Nepal is amazing.  We're already talking about coming back out here to trek to the mountains and then cross over into Tibet.  If India is a mean old monkey, Nepal is a baby yak.  http://snarkyninja.com/?p=72 So India isn't all that bad, though for a couple of weeks it sort of felt like it was, in fact, all bad.  Here are some random observations: Hinduism is perhaps the most intense and passionate religion I've ever encountered, at least its manifestation in northern India.  I think I mentioned ... http://snarkyninja.com/?p=68 written March 13th: India feels too big for words, and I've been struggling to find words appropriate to encapsulate my experiences there.  It is seductive, and cruel, and flagrant.  It pushes and begs and cackles.  It bats its eyes.  It's cheeky. And it's only now that I'm in the safe haven ... http://snarkyninja.com/?p=67 silk(ish) shawl: 100 rupees shiva statue: 300 rupees camel safari: 650 rupees being attacked by bacteria, cows, and eunuch tranny prosititutes: priceless.  or something. more to come on yesterday's adventures. by the way, india is beautiful. http://snarkyninja.com/?p=66 In my years of studying critical race and postcolonial studies, there has always been this lesson: humans are not exotic birds - do not call them exotic and do not treat them as such, either. In short, it's just not cool. In southern India, so far, it has most certainly ... http://snarkyninja.com/?p=64