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EROS THANATOS
survival survival
instinct instinct
physical physical
love anger
life death
creativity violence
sexuality/
passion aggression
preservation destruction
self
-satisfaction sadism
NOT SO DIFFERENT
each inside the other
{creation<>destruction}
Sometimes to create, do we not have to destroy? To destroy what has been placed over our Self and our Desire and what constricts us. And don't we, in our creative process, destroy something - make something different than it was before. And in destruction aren't we also creating something new, because taking something away leaves space and time for something new, a replacement, a creative opportunity.
Audre Lorde: "Erotic moves us toward personal and political change." and "Our erotic power becomes a lens to see the world."
Re-examining what "eros" means. Places where its power might exist and the knowledge. How we suppress the expression of "eros" and what if we didn't?
Lidia Yuknavitch: "Eros as activism."
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