I couldn't get past the writing style to critique the message. Don't waste your time. Jack Oughton. Author 6 books 9 followers. A trite title disguising what is one of the most metaphysically searing books I have read in months. Hoooooly shit Henry David Thoreau wrote in the Conclusion chapter of Walden, "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. Would I? Would we? Wilson says, "We fake it to compensate for what we lack.
Feels like someone ranting for hours on end. I find it kind of difficult to read books of this nature but it was relatively intriguing. Mason Frierson. Build your own artifice out of the rubble, maybe a sphere expansive as the universe, or perhaps a single ball, apple size". That single statement ladies and gents is the heart of the matter of Eric G. There are thousands of blogs, books, and seminars that supposedly teach people how to discover who they really are. But what if our obsession with uncovering an authentic self is getting in the way of living a truly flourishing life?
What if instead of trying to discover an authentic life, we should be focused on inventing one instead? Eric makes the subtle but powerful argument that instead of trying to uncover some platonic authentic self that what we should really be doing is trying to create our authentic self. Eric discusses what we can learn from philosophy, from science, from literature, from art, from films, from actors, particularly actors like Bill Murray or Carrie Grant about creating an authentic life.
One of the problems that I have with this book is that it's all over the place. Eric does this on purpose to form sort of a hybrid book that's a collection of essays put together. In one part of the book he interweaves stories of his own life, his life as a phony, as someone who has been a fake in good ways and bad ways.
I believe Eric really wanted the book to have a kind of playfulness to it, one that has that kind of heterogeneity and playfulness to it.
Some people like it and others like myself don't. Overall I believe Eric has made his point in the book that is there is no authentic self to be found. You are the creator of that self and I believe that's the diamond in the rough.
Some moving reflection on his own bipolar disorder, as well as having had to give up his dream of being a college and ultimately pro football player. The less personal part, which is most of it, eluded me. Beyond that, i often had no idea what he was talking about in these essays. It lets you create, render, print, secure, merge, split and manipulate PDF files with only a few lines of code. You will receive your download links on your email after you fill in the form below.
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Wilson acknowledges the difficulty of doing so in the real world and in the face of depression and bipolar disorder. A gifted, candid raconteur, he serves up pithy and often playful writing that serves to remind us that "by the time we become aware of ourselves we are already trapped in fictions not of our making," and the only way out is to write new stories for ourselves.
What seems real may actually be fake, and vice versa, but fortunately, as Bill Murray's character in Meatballs another touchstone for the author declares, "it just doesn't matter. Apple Books Preview. Publisher Description. More Books by Eric G. Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck.
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