Storyological 1.17 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF GHOST

In which we discuss "presence" by Helen Oyeyemi & "The Man on the Stairs" by Miranda July. Along with, among other things: k-pop, depressive realism, and leaving the reader enough room to make art.

In which we discuss,

1. "Man on the Stairs" by Miranda July, from Fence

2. "presence" by Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

along with, among other things...

Hyuna, “Bubble Pop” and “Ice Cream”
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Voodoo. Who do? You do. Do what? Remind me of the babe.
Maria Konnikova.
Depressive realism.
Depressive realism may not be real.
Hitchcock on cinematic tension.
Yoda, in Empire Strikes Back

A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have a I watched. All his life has he looked away…to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing.

The Silence, from Doctor Who.

What Is Not Yours, Is Not Yours

That cheesy korean song.
The troubles with seeing yourself.
2PM, not 2AM). Also, it turns out 2AM is another boy group. Not, in fact, a girl group.
Repetition, modes of conversation.
That thing Chris remembered Neil talking about is not that different from Ernest Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory, sometimes known as the ‘theory of omission’