This blog is still in hibernation, but only because I am
busy doing other things. I’m currently working on
Cartesian Blues, is a graphic memoir (this neologism
was perhaps coined for
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, and indicates an
autobiographical narrative told in comic-book format).
Cartesian Blues is a collaboration
with Dan Hallett, who is creating all the images (which means, among other
things, that he has to draw me repeatedly: sorry Dan!). It's about ... well, I
don’t wish to say at this stage, but it concerns empathy and embodied identity, and, as
the title implies, it's also a critique of
Cartesian dualism. Thus my mind and my body
appear in it as separate characters. Below is a character sketch of my body, by Dan.
My contribution to this work is complete,
apart from editorial input, but it will be some time before Dan finishes
drawing it. The finished work will be
c. 250 pages.
I’ll resume more detailed discussion here at some indefinite future date when I
have actual news.
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