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sounds_sound · 4133 days ago · link · · parent · post: Experiment: What's YOUR most controversial opinion, Hubski?
I'm reading Gaston Bachelard's Psychoanalysis of Fire right now and it's a really interesting read. It'll make you think of the reasons one smokes in an entirely different light. Your're right. It is about rebellion, for one, but with polyvalent meanings. Rebellion against a young healthy body, proving that one can physically survive harm; and rebellion, psychically, against fire as a fundamental element i.e. holding, consuming, and controlling heat and danger. One takes in smoke with an agreeable face because, I feel, there is a primitive connection to the life of the fire. Nevermind the fact that you smell like shit afterward :)