tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157110749330008803.post5141699749890511402..comments2024-01-24T01:39:12.413-08:00Comments on William Koch's Philosophy Blog: Quotation for the DayWilliam Kochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05475929050793921568noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157110749330008803.post-72234890730899708692010-04-14T05:06:30.334-07:002010-04-14T05:06:30.334-07:00I think I am going through a change in my relation...I think I am going through a change in my relation to the sea. Always before I found the sea very comforting, probably because I grew up on the beach and on fishing boats. Recently, however, I have found myself haunted in dreams by the image of being alone at night in the middle of the ocean. I tread water and feel, really for the first time, the utter foreignness and threat of the sea. I think this fits fairly well with Bataille.William Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475929050793921568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157110749330008803.post-91824389551402212982010-04-13T13:51:09.867-07:002010-04-13T13:51:09.867-07:00The open sea - the real open sea, not a metaphor -...The open sea - the real open sea, not a metaphor - makes me tremble. <br /><br />I love this passage. Just today I read this from Bataille's Inner Experience: "We are only totally laid bare by proceeding without trickery to the unknown....But the unknown demands in the end sovereignty without partition."Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.com