アメリカ観察記断章。以前アジア系（日系、韓国系、中国系）のスーパーは鮮魚が充実していると書いたが、アメリカ資本のスーパーは反対に精肉が充実している。これは単に品揃えの豊富さということにとどまらず、アメリカのスーパーは庶民的なところから高級…

"Every word immediately becomes a concept precisely because it is not intended to serve as a reminder of the unique, entirely individualized primal experience to which it owes its existence, but because it has to fit at one and the same ti…

アメリカ観察記断章。アメリカ的気質があるとしたら、それは、過剰なまでの自己信頼ではないかという気がする。時々「なぜこんな自信満々なんだ」と不思議に思ったりするし、「こいつら実は自分のことがわかってないだけなんじゃないか」と蔑むような気持ち…

"A year of solitary has wasted my strength, and left me feeble and languid. My expectations of relief from complete isolation have been disappointed. Existence is grim with despair, as day by day I feel my vitality ebbing; the long nights …

アメリカ観察記断章。刺青が普通に服を着ていたのでは見えないところに彫るものだとしたら（たとえば背中）、タトゥーは見えるところに入れるものなのかもしれない。だからタトゥーの場合、前腕部や肘周りが特権的なキャンバスになるように思う。いつも見せ…

Lost and disoriented. So much so that I could not come back to the intro chapter which is already almost perfectly outlined. So, today I decided to take up the translation I discontinued months ago. I ended up spending 8 hours to translate…

"Utopian consciousness wants to look far into the distance, but ultimately only in order to penetrate the darkness so near it of the just lived moment, in which everything that is both drives and is hidden from itself. In other words: we n…

"On doit échapper à l'alternative du dehors et du dedans; il faut être aux frontières. La critique, c'est bien l'analyse des limites et la réflexion sur elles. Mais si la question kantienne était de savoir quelles limites la connaissance d…

In three days 65 pages grew to 80 pages and naturally split into two files. The first half (50 pages) is basically done. The second half (30 pages written in full sentences, 10 pages yet in bullet points) should be done today. Really crazy…

Okay, it looks that I've finished 300+ pages last three months. What began as a chapter expanded to more than 200 page-long what I don't know. Another chapter I started a week ago is now growing monstrously, reaching 65 pages and certainly…