Category: as written

Studio Table: Jul 30 ’25

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Book links… quicknotes of the incoming stack. Keeping myself moving in more than one direction.

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” thomas Mann.

[Mike Csikszentmihalyi called the flow state. In flow, you realize your fullest creative potential. You lose track of time. You’re not distracted by little things around you. Flow is like a drug. Once you’ve experienced it, you want it again. ]

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https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262525206/the-bodhisattvas-brain/? [ In The Bodhisattva’s Brain, Flanagan argues that it is possible to discover in Buddhism a rich, empirically responsible philosophy that could point us to one path of human flourishing.]

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552141/planetary-eating/? [Starting from rather basic (but not quite first) principles, Planetary Eating offers impartial, fact-based analysis with firm foundations in earth and planetary sciences on how to make the right dietary choices.]

[Arendt describes in “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” the “masses” whom totalitarians funneled into a movement were made ready for such mobilization by a “desire to see the ruin of this whole world of fake security, fake culture and fake life. . . . Unlike the nihilism of Nietzsche and other radicalisms (Sorel, Bakunin) for them it was about destruction for its own sake: destruction without mitigation, chaos and ruin as such assumed the dignity of supreme values.”] in “The Origins of Totalitarianism,”

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549042/the-emperors-new-nudity/? [Technology, Kremnitzer writes, leads us toward an impersonal and hyperrational world to such an extent that it renders human subjectivity outmoded. Authority, on the other hand, anchors our subjective identifications to certain figures and seems to be hopelessly primitive and irrational. What is required, then, is a dialectics of the primal]

Own Up. w0rd stuff

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Language adjuncts. Crutches for smaller thoughts. Add this. Pad that.
stuffers and fillers for your ‘own’ meanderings. when your ideas are flat , you have to stuff them… aka, Word-Flab. thought fillers.

A new hyphenate; an invisible hyphen has grown from the script writers. “My” has become “my own,” rather my-own” The hyphen is invisible, unsaid.

The compound possessive .. double possessive .. reiterated possessive form of elongated gated speech .. shortcoded: brotAlk.

drama not information ;a table thump . a diversion like a sigh .

“my own” is so common [2025] there shouln’t be a space ‘tween ’em. Like this : myown OR possibly my’wn, m’own … Try ’em out.

“my own…” is a form of shadow brag. And, it’s like, well, you know, kinda sorta a format for crutched concepts. See?

if the meaning stands without it, what does it mean? Found among the casual [still currently points at TypePad] {redund}

the rise of the 'own' word.
A bumper crop of bumper words .
Words between . in attempt to clarify your inclusion. your noun.
The obsessive possessive  case
padding, stuff9ng the sentence. upping the word count

salesman sidetone .  canter banter filling empty conversation with empty headed phrases

desperate individuality .. an example of the origin, long form of OWN useage : ...'add to it with my own.' o w n period.
  • ” for your own good..” said as run-on : your-own ..
  • top: add to her own dog pack
  • …”including my own” …. alt: including mine.
  • policy magazine “… within his own military ..” what other military is the China leader going to control? remove own.. replace with clarifier —
  • easy example of redundancy slop: ‘.. Do you make your own prints yourself.. ‘
  • redundancy is automatic: ..’share my own experience and advice..’ strike the own
  • almost every webshop: “MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM” alt: make a // ‘you’ to the point.
  • ‘ have to own their own computer’ …AI bites self
  • ..’developed its own algorithm that..’ [ padded phrases; 2025’s kinda sorta hmm ya’know phase]
  • ..’ …in their own right …’ a source type, maybe. change occurred on tv after 2001.
  • ..’ parse their own XML..’ [spills into IRS source code ..] 2025
  • ..’describes her own approach.. ‘ [ bookform inflates the phrase ]
  • …’ then me own dad..’ [british pop tv character. low brow ]
  • On the other hand: …’ dead at own address..’
  • ‘tried making my own pinhole’ — alt: tried making a pinhole
  • ‘in his own right’
  • …’ described my own thought process..’ [chatgp3 .. he has been trained by you to pad his answer ]
  • ‘… void in my own limited reference materials regarding her own specific techniques…’ [person prone to exaggeration, and re-use of tales]
  • ..’My own view..’ [educated debate… try without the ‘own’ did you lose meaning]
  • ..’ your own good ..’ [cartoon movie ] alt: not for my good … weep, but your [redundant] o w n good.. cue drama light
  • ..’ its own museums and the..’ [what other word ? “its museums” seems complete. maybe ‘own’ is clearer than “its other museums” What is the opposite of o w n ? [ oct,25]
  • ..’through his own gallery’ [is it clearer]
  • ..’oedipus would kill his own father ..’ [ drama amplification ]salt in the script.
  • ..’my own DSLR..’ [australian: not a stolen, rented,borrowed camera]
  • ..’my own survey of’ [stike own; what is lost]
  • ..’insecure about their own standing’ [read withou o w n — what happens?]
  • … in review: ‘and her own personal story’
  • .. ‘living his own life..’ British TV script. adds/ emphasizes ? separation & … ‘ your own endeavors ..’
  • …’retelling their own story in a way that…’ [british literary pub]
  • … ‘save my own job,’
  • …’ popular in his own lifetime…’ [britain bookseller]
  • … anger news : ‘in her own bedroom’
  • … ‘my own flesh and blood’
  • [ britishit — ‘her own daughter’ — putting on posh ]
  • …’sending his own soldiers out’ [ not really his]
  • … ‘he fed Alpo to his own dogs’   ad sincerity
  • … ‘my own dear dog’  — makes dear bigger?  [comparative-superlative]
  • ..’ shoot her own husband..’ [ her ? husband ] dramatic clarity from brit TV
  • ..’ with my own.. ‘ [instead of mine ]
  • .. ‘my own digital light sources’ — owner built
  • ..’brew my own ..’ [instead of mine ]
  • … ‘into their own pockets ‘ 
  • ..’ provide your own card ”
  • AI firms fell hard ..” … creating our own ML puzzle early last …” the personal impersonational form of posession. self possessed.
  • .. ‘on its own mission and a clear violation of its own honor ‘ [ religion site ]
  • …”our own packaging and final finishing for our film…” [packaging vs film ]
  • ..’ finding our own voices in a world’ [children’s book
  • ..’ his own, not his character voice’
  • ..’AI is writing its own blog’ –[
  • … ‘making my own’ — not for sale / use of others
  • .. ‘attend his own graduation.’
  • … ‘my own behalf’
  • …’ his own century..’ [philosopher]
  • …’Trump’s own deep skepticism’
  • ..’ took his own life ‘ [ news ]
  • …  ‘look at them with my own eyes’  [double vision in words]power padding
  • … ‘his own website ‘[ the social puss]
  • … ‘their own expertise ‘
  • … ‘building my own…’ [clarity; ]
  • …’ his own killer …’ british fast food crime show… emphasis without effort
  • ..’my own understanding..’ alt: my VERY understanding ..
  • … ‘Trump’s own attendance’
  • ..’ your own Eigen setup’
  • OpenAI’s own web-search ‘ [what does o.w.n clarify]
  • ..’ RAH hisownself doing ‘ [ as oneword .. off grok etymology
  • ..’include their own plot digitizer features. ..’ [AI gemini has learned to over-verbalize ] ED: include digitizer features.. to a point. 11,15 ’25

ALT:… textiles she created herself.

ALT.. EMPHASIS FORM …’ spent too much time actually making photographs

ALT — another flavor: universities themselves to put up a more muscular response. The faculty

ALT– emphasising DIY ‘ness

— judge and Vietnam veteran himself

— Michael Milken himself made a speech

— claimed it as their own

— ‘his only daughter’

Even the blurbs overflow: “… Other Reasons Why I Write opens a window on Messud’s own life: a peripatetic upbringing; a warm, complicated family; and, throughout it all, her devotion to art and literature….”

Collections arrive without a name.

We don’t read a word after it becomes a weed. How many times do you see ‘THE’

otiose: used to describe a word or phrase, or sometimes an idea, that is unnecessary or has been used several times: