I am on the way to Munich, for a three -day writing session with SAE, which should see us finish the manuscript for “The unrefreted self: A planetary philosophy‘. You may have heard me say several times that the manuscript is almost finished. Because it was almost. But whenever a new thought or a new challenge appears, new words come into play or are withdrawn. But this time, it's different.
Sae and I both read everything – start to end – during our last sessions a few weeks ago, and it feels good. There are two parts to be rewritten, but the two are only about 600 words each, then there is a solid pass that I must make, to smooth a part of the tongue.
The poetry of this piece is important, and when we “brilliant” with it, sometimes it is lost, so I want to cross it slowly once again to take up this flow.
I have probably finished six solid illustrations, but the other thing we do while we are together is an approximate overview of the other images we want. Ideally, I want a complete list that I can then take and work.
THE illustrations Take a lot of time, and even if I like them, I am a little intimidated, but I intend to keep the concentration.
So the book he almost made, and with that, thought, which is quite alarming.
In my previous writing, I described how, when a book goes to the publication, it ceases to be “what I think” and just becomes “what I thought”. The world continues, ideas take place in practice and thought evolves.
I wrote twenty one books and I have often seen them behind me, in a line through my thoughts over fourteen years. Dotted with the three thousand blog articles, which flow around them like a long cloud.
Some of my older books are just that: older. They represent a springboard, but they get back in my past. Others remain firmly in my current thought, without really going out together, because I am always in this part of the landscape.
Anyway: enough of that. I am on the last stage of the train trip, slow down my time before trying to disconnect and concentrate for three days. And next week, planetary work will either “almost do” or “fully thought” …
#Workingoutloud on planetary philosophy
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