tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21528049.post3508765167106480196..comments2007-08-21T01:42:20.936-05:00Comments on Fractal Ontology: Lacan and The Problem of FoundationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21528049.post-10271269342505286082007-04-03T21:04:00.000-05:002007-04-03T21:04:00.000-05:00The question of the mirror also brings to light th...The question of the mirror also brings to light the question of refraction. This is why Lacan doesn't always use two mirrors that are completely flat in the optical demonstrations in his seminars; at least one of them is always concave. This refraction connects to what you said about the parallax--there is always a certain refraction that occurs with the mirror effect, and so every possible attempt to totalize a network that assembles my positional misapprehensions in accordance with those refractions that affect the Other's position results in the only true formulation of a parallax. And so, in many ways the third party that arises in ourselves occurs precisely because of this refraction--the slight difference that graces every repetition. In so far as our habits can only be interrupted by the voice of the Other truly interiorized--the third party formulated within our unconscious--can we ever force ourselves to change from the stale repetition of daily rituals that never truly deploy forces to their limits. It is the interior voice(s)--conscience?--that effect our ability to look the mirror in the face and begin to create the parallax in the now--which means not giving up on our desire? As though that provides clarification...Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683806033157774124noreply@blogger.com