Hume
A Treatise of Human Nature
“For my part, when I enter most
intimately into what I call myself,
I always stumble on some particular perception or other. . . . I never can
catch myself
at any time without a perception, and never can observe any thing but
perception.”
when Pollan lifted this quote for his
chapter of SELF afterwards he entitled
his foray
Circling the Self
first words of the
following sentence Who am I?
no one would have a better guess than
him
think of the array of adjectives available to him
starts out with somewhat a police description
NAME
SEX
AGE
COLOUR . . .
reading Circling the
Self he stopped walking took a slip of paper he tucked at the back of the book
took his red BIC out from behind his ear and wrote Circling the Wagons
Yeehaw
thought
it didnt yell it
his list
seemed defensive
cop would need his name wouldnt
find that in the coffeegrounds residue in their convenient recyclable paper cup
should they recycle public servant
public responsibility they better
figured
he or she could deduce his sex approximate age
old
man older man he preferred older man to old man
then off to the broader
deduction races
hints head to foot
if it were he Circling the Wagons
I want my lawyer hasnt one but has always wanted to
say that
now he has
what else in his bucket list
what if he were to take himself seriously
he wouldnt know who he was
1410, reggaefriday,
8 5. 26
1205, Monday,
11 5. 26
Who
Who Are You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbBDrceCy8
