{"id":1719,"date":"2013-07-02T22:51:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T22:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/07\/02\/cacher-to-hide-to-hide-a-passion-totally-or\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T22:51:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T22:51:30","slug":"cacher-to-hide-to-hide-a-passion-totally-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/02\/cacher-to-hide-to-hide-a-passion-totally-or\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

cacher<\/i> \/ to hide<\/p>\n

To hide a passion totally (or even to hide, more simply, its excess) is inconceivable: not because the human subject is too weak, but because passion is in essence made to be seen: the hiding must be seen: I want you to know that I am hiding something from you<\/i>, that is the active paradox I must resolve: at one and the same time<\/i> it must be known and not known: I want you to know that I don\u2019t want to show my feelings: that is the message I address to the other.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

cacher \/ to hide To hide a passion totally (or even to hide, more simply, its excess) is inconceivable: not because the human subject is too weak, but because passion is in essence made to be seen: the hiding must be seen: I want you to know that I am hiding something from you, that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-rJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2847,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/03\/14\/the-hrcj-network-human-rights-and-civil-justice\/","url_meta":{"origin":1719,"position":0},"title":"The HRCJ Network (Human Rights\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"March 14, 2012","format":"quote","excerpt":"The HRCJ Network (Human Rights and Civil Justice Network) is a rogue organisation that fully back coup gov of Maldives and recent police brutality in the Maldives. 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