{"id":1718,"date":"2013-07-02T23:39:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/07\/02\/the-being-i-am-waiting-for-is-not-real-like-the\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T23:39:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:39:26","slug":"the-being-i-am-waiting-for-is-not-real-like-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/02\/the-being-i-am-waiting-for-is-not-real-like-the\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The being I am waiting for is not real. Like the mother\u2019s breast for the infant, \u201cI create and re-create it over and over, starting from my capacity to love, starting from my need for it": the other comes here where I am waiting, here where I have already created him\/her. And if the other does not come, I hallucinate the other: waiting is a delirium.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Roland Barthes<\/strong>, Waiting<\/a><\/em> from A Lover\u2019s Discourse<\/em> (via frenchtwist<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The being I am waiting for is not real. Like the mother\u2019s breast for the infant, \u201cI create and re-create it over and over, starting from my capacity to love, starting from my need for it": the other comes here where I am waiting, here where I have already created him\/her. 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