1) Telescopy: the details that you can still see clearly give you the impression that an object in the distance Partial answers to the title question:
1) Telescopy: the details that you can still see clearly give you the impression that an object in the distance is much closer than it actually is; 2) reminiscence effect: time markers not only mark periods and dates but they also give rise to reveries in old age ★ a period that brings up many memories will expand when seen in retrospect and seems t have lasted longer than an equally long period comprising few memories; 3) slowing down of physiological clocks: older people overestimate lasped time intervals...more
Love the cadence of his prose, the imagery that flashes like lightning, the subject matter. Though not his best work by a long shot, it's still Good--
Love the cadence of his prose, the imagery that flashes like lightning, the subject matter. Though not his best work by a long shot, it's still strangely compelling. I mean you'd think, a rumbling confession of a Jesuit priest on a deathbed? BORING. And there isn't any traditional conflict or much of a narrative arc, and the story meanders from one topic to another. BUT STILL. WHY WHY WHY is it compelling? I don't know. Reading Bolano makes me throw my hands up in the air and say "Fuck story telling rules." One thing I learned, though, is that historical figures in fiction are COMPELLING. I don't know what about them, but when Pinochet the dictator makes his appearance, I was really pulled in, even though it was about the priest giving lessons to him and his minions on Marxism, nothing all that exciting in itself.
Anyways, Bolano did not disappoint. Looking forward to reading his shorts next....more
This book helps you detach yourself from unconscious preconceptions you have about money in general and sets you on a path tPsychological money work--
This book helps you detach yourself from unconscious preconceptions you have about money in general and sets you on a path to see what you have been projecting on money！which in turn will help you reclaim some of the projected qualities. In a way, the book is therapeutic especially if you have unhealthy relationship with money, but I give it only two stars because 1) it feels like a rush job (with typos, grammar errors, and expositions that are probably too short for the content they cover); and 2) the last section！about being aware of your projections and reclaiming the projected qualities for yourself！can go a lot deeper. Overall, not a bad primer on how to start working on your relationship with money, but unfortunately nowhere near enough or complete....more
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