“Freud is inviting us to distinguish between something he calls remembering, which is presumably veracious and potentially transformative, and something called an action, a repeated action in which the so-called patient – like an actor with a script, or a figure in a dream – unwittingly performs something from his past. That he knows he … More Remember, Remember, Remember
I just tell myself: This is part one. Agonizing even over what I can say on Rui’s birthday has plagued me for some time. It sets me an un-meetable deadline every year, along with the anniversary of his abduction in the middle of June. The pressure to speak wisely and feelingly builds, but the truth … More Remember, Remember, Sixteenth of November
*You* can now buy the DVD of From The Shadows: A documentary about Japanese international child abducton. Awarded an honorable mention at the 2012 Philadelphia Film Festival. All persons, advocates and otherwise, concerned with globalization and international law, with family law, with respect for children’s human rights – including the right to their parents and … More The Dilatory State: Stand Back and Watch From the Shadows
12:00 – Christmas Eve, and I’m moving boxes around in the night here in my apartment, trying to get myself ready for the arrival of the last of the holidays without making too much noise and disturbing my neighbors. I thought of people sleeping and anticipating what they might be doing tomorrow. I always imagine … More 12 o’clock
For Rui Boy 