Sun Baby Submarine

general jotting downs and musings of a  Being

[yeahdingane]

In a sense I have always felt something of a kinship with the colored race because its position is the same as mine: we both exist outside the inner realm of American society. Of course, my exile is voluntary. However, it is apparent that many of the Negroes wish to become active members of the American middle class. I cannot imagine why. I must admit that this desire on their part leads me to question their value judgements. However, if they wish to join the bourgeoisie, it is really none of my business.

Ignatius J. Reilly, ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ by John K. Toole

[yeahdingane]

Irony is an opening of a game of infinite possibilities; cynicism is a disassociation of ethics and possibility. The cynical mood starts from the idea that ethical action has no possibility of succeeding. 

The ironist sleeps happily because nothing can awake her from her dreams. The cynicist sleeps a light sleep, he dreams nightmares, and he gets up as soon as power calls him. 

- Franco Berardi ‘The Uprising: On Poetry and Finance’

[yeahdingane]

‘Jamal’ 

- Ibrahim Shaddad