“But the ruse of the triangle is not a trivial mental maneuver. We
see in it the radical constitution of desire. For, where eros is lack,
its activation calls for three structural components—lover, beloved
and that which comes between them. They are three points
of transformation on a circuit of possible relationship, electrified
by desire so that they touch not touching. Conjoined they are
held apart.”
Tag: virginia woolf notes
I think I will find some theory of fiction. I don’t think it is a matter of ‘development’ but something to do with prose & poetry, in novels. For instance Defoe at one end: E. Bronte at the other. Reality something they put at different
distances
Virginia Woolf, Diary III, 50
Attention animated by desire is the whole foundation of religious practices.
Simone Weil
Virginia Woolf from “On Not Knowing Greek”
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
Little Bristling Soul 