14 min
Introducing D for Digress D for Digress
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- Society & Culture
Alright, so as often happens when two people work together we did this take twice (because what even is an objective 'good'?). What we did agree on is that we largely wanted the people who would listen to feel the energy more than anything else. This captures that, even if it does fall a bit short of explaining the 'why' of the podcast.
A few notes on some of the references made:
1. The fourth wall
The fourth wall is an invisible wall that separates performers from the audience so the audience can look in but the performers can not look out.
In this episode, it's used to question whether in other arts, writing for instance or even the making of this podcast, if there is a value to tearing down this fourth wall to facilitate free interaction.
2. Henry Rider Haggard
H.R Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction. Peter refers to one of his books King Solomon's Mines, published in 1885. In his writing, Haggard employed the technique I refer to, of inviting the reader into the space and 'breaking the fourth wall'.
3. Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman is often referred to as the father of positive psychology. The book I reference is Learned Optimism. He offers a Learned Optimism test that focuses on how we respond to different circumstances in life, based on our locus of control.
4. Writers: Vladimir Nabokov and Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Peter says we agree on writers and references Nabokov. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is, granted, a shared love between us. I also reference Dostoyevsky. We both agree that Notes from the Underground is a great book and it was in fact written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
For any references, we may have missed just reach out and we'll add them to the show notes.
The track we're using was composed by the very talented Kolia and Ayla, all credit goes to them.
Thank you for listening!
Alright, so as often happens when two people work together we did this take twice (because what even is an objective 'good'?). What we did agree on is that we largely wanted the people who would listen to feel the energy more than anything else. This captures that, even if it does fall a bit short of explaining the 'why' of the podcast.
A few notes on some of the references made:
1. The fourth wall
The fourth wall is an invisible wall that separates performers from the audience so the audience can look in but the performers can not look out.
In this episode, it's used to question whether in other arts, writing for instance or even the making of this podcast, if there is a value to tearing down this fourth wall to facilitate free interaction.
2. Henry Rider Haggard
H.R Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction. Peter refers to one of his books King Solomon's Mines, published in 1885. In his writing, Haggard employed the technique I refer to, of inviting the reader into the space and 'breaking the fourth wall'.
3. Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman is often referred to as the father of positive psychology. The book I reference is Learned Optimism. He offers a Learned Optimism test that focuses on how we respond to different circumstances in life, based on our locus of control.
4. Writers: Vladimir Nabokov and Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Peter says we agree on writers and references Nabokov. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is, granted, a shared love between us. I also reference Dostoyevsky. We both agree that Notes from the Underground is a great book and it was in fact written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
For any references, we may have missed just reach out and we'll add them to the show notes.
The track we're using was composed by the very talented Kolia and Ayla, all credit goes to them.
Thank you for listening!
14 min