Of Subject/Object Relationships and Stewed Rabbit

[jedigandalf]

..."What you're referring to is what philosophers call aesthetics." he replied, feigning more disinterest than he felt.
"There's a word for it?" she asked, feigning more confusion than she felt.
"Certainly, there's a word for everything nowadays, and if there wasn't, one should be created as the need arose. Besides which, aesthetics is one of the

Comments

[soylent_frank]

I got my rabbit story workshoped this week. General consesus of my class: I fabricated your character, but they let it slide because you were a fan favorite.

[jedigandalf]

That's interesting, because I also fabricated my character and, incidentally, most people let me slide for just that reason.

What a good friend you are (or clever manipulator, if there's a difference), to know that the only title I find flattering is 'sui-generis'.

This made me feel as though I were being shown my own shadow, in a way. It made me recall this, which I had just finished re-reading not too long ago:

"...I knew that I was speaking stiffly, artificially, even bookishly; indeed, I was incapable of speaking otherwise than "like out of a book." But this did not trouble me, for I knew, I sensed, that I'd be understood and that this very bookishness would, perhaps, even help in my effort. But now, having achieved my effect, I was suddenly unnerved..."
~Notes from the Underground