Distribution Automatique

Monday, June 23

6/2/84

Microgenetic article
ends with the idea
that history is
revived in every
perception. This
is contradicted in the
idea that past
duration is not an
accumulation of
narratives. In this
view the past is the
air that we breathe.

All perceptions are
current, all thoughts
are grounded in the
past.The relationship
between history and
identity is changing.

6/7/84

Freud names doubt
frequently as the
surface avoidance of deep disturbance
The sub interval-
doubt and ambiguity
reside in the interstices
(doubt in
neurosis and science)

6/9/84

Micro instants of
perception-
(what *fraction* of
experience is
current in the
current Now?

past----------------------present------------------future
)
)
)
memory----------------observation-------------expectation
--------------------------------------------------------------
)
)
)objects-----------------Data----------------------prediction

Narrative and Fantasy