First things first
Other words for control:
- restraint
- command
- operate
- dominate
- manipulate
Okay. Somewhere to start.
A little online research: http://www.towerofpower.com.au/controlling-people
“Being controlling” is not just the wanting-everything-just-so way of life I’ve been thinking it is. Being a controlling person is actually completely messed up and involves abusing other people. This isn’t really the kind of control problem I’m interested in (I don’t think), but it’s certainly worth knowing more about.
Also, this week’s reading assignment is “Approaching the Unconscious” by Carl Jung, and quite possibly the rest of Man and His Symbols.
Other reading to investigate:
- Freud?
Promptly dismissed The Control Book in a Google search for books about control, but actually BDSM would probably be pretty interesting to investigate. Hilariously, the author’s name is Peter Masters. Hahaha.
May as well read those books I claimed to have read in college, but didn’t really. Start with Simulcra and Simulacrum.
Reread some novels. Start with The Moviegoer.
Need to know more about control in art. Suggestions?
Oh, and I want to look into the dictatorship in Portugal. I don’t know enough about it, and it affected my family.
