Comments on: The Experience Validator http://troikapress.com/2010/01/the-experience-validator/ Intentionally Examining Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Karen http://troikapress.com/2010/01/the-experience-validator/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Karen Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:05:51 +0000 http://troikapress.com/?p=366#comment-174 Absolutely. I hate it when I feel, after a great weekend away from school, as though the time I spent with them is lessened because I don't have pictures to document the event. As if the reconstruction of the event for the eyes of my friends is more important than what I actually did, thought, said, experienced. But anyway, what does it mean that we want other people to validate our experiences? There's got to be the germ of a healthy, inter-personal tendency at the root of all this psychosis. Absolutely. I hate it when I feel, after a great weekend away from school, as though the time I spent with them is lessened because I don’t have pictures to document the event. As if the reconstruction of the event for the eyes of my friends is more important than what I actually did, thought, said, experienced.

But anyway, what does it mean that we want other people to validate our experiences? There’s got to be the germ of a healthy, inter-personal tendency at the root of all this psychosis.

]]> By: K-Dawg http://troikapress.com/2010/01/the-experience-validator/comment-page-1/#comment-150 K-Dawg Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:32:16 +0000 http://troikapress.com/?p=366#comment-150 Thank you. Thank you.

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