tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post3700887547621928329..comments2023-10-21T07:44:20.549-04:00Comments on The Existence Machine: Problems with HandkeRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-81185152222005238932007-10-07T18:42:00.000-04:002007-10-07T18:42:00.000-04:00I think you've hit on it, antonia... It's not so m...I think you've hit on it, antonia... It's not so much that I'm tired, but that my mind is not receptive at the time of reading. Sometimes it <I>seems</I> as if sleepiness is the problem, but the truth is that it's happened on other non-tired occasions.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-23010849100406936302007-10-06T04:26:00.000-04:002007-10-06T04:26:00.000-04:00for me it works this way, I can't read him (especi...for me it works this way, I can't read him (especially those books by him that you mention) when i don't have my brain completely empty, independent of tiredness or not. An experience relatively close to meditation, calmness and it is not easy to always achieve this state. Think of it as a sort of Handke-mood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-71601492304587398142007-10-04T15:16:00.000-04:002007-10-04T15:16:00.000-04:00Yeah, I do realize that the difficulty, such as it...Yeah, I do realize that the difficulty, such as it is, is part of the point, or part of the experience. And I intuit that it IS worth it, which is why I continue. Anyway, I thought I'd try some of these more off-the-cuff impressionistic posts on my reading, see where that gets me!<BR/><BR/>I like your use of the word "chant".Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-82679554558032399492007-10-04T14:50:00.000-04:002007-10-04T14:50:00.000-04:00I took a post-War German Lit/Film Independent Stud...I took a post-War German Lit/Film Independent Study as an Undergrad, otherwise, I don't think I would've been able to force my brain to focus on Haneke enough to really grasp it.<BR/><BR/>Obviously you know this, but Handke's specific kind of difficulty seems to be the point? Like, digging through the weird mix of straight-forward language and cryptic description. That mixed with his tendency to be sort of repetitious (sometimes it seems to read like a chant, almost?). The problem is whether its "worth" working through it all. I guess my point is, you're not alone with Handke.<BR/><BR/>I recall enjoying what I've read as I read it, but I rarely ever think about it or go back to it- primarily because I have a hard time recalling what I read...brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331746353766612879noreply@blogger.com