here, a device: the ātmanoptican as
4 a formulation of truth a formulation of truth
You, we who refer to ourselves as I throughout a lifetime, are not one self.
mass dissemination of innumerable narratives disseminated in a society that is inflamed.
this is not a tragedy.
the questionnaire as mechanic
The Proust Questionnaire is not a test and it is not a profile.
The questions task us to ornament with word the memory that wells up within; to render legible in the present a truth that resides in our reconstruction of events that occurred in this world, where nothing ever happens the same way twice.
"Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were." This mechanic works to the degree we don't perform. Word is subtly powerful. We who wish to share a story, to render something first-personal into a register sensible to the third, inherit numerous means to do so. Using language, the written word, unique in its capacity to transmit from a cognitively constructed past into the present the translation of an engram as part of a neuronal cluster triggered to fire--this is the memory any one question may conjure.
This application uses AES-256-GCM to encrypt at rest—both prior to and in storage—each word you type. Over many iterations the code rendering the pages of this website is developed not to collect personally identifiable information (PII). Here assured any data you do submit will not be sold. Do reach out via email with any comments, the discovery of a bug, questions, or simply to say hi. Thanks for visiting and have fun.
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Proust கேள்வித்தாள்—கருப்பசாமி கேள்வித்தாள் என்ற பெயரில்—உங்களை வரவேற்கிறது
Proust kēḷvittāḷ—Karuppacāmi kēḷvittāḷ eṉṟa peyaril—uṅkaḷai varavēṟkiṟatu