u/HamletAndRye — reddlx

Recommendations for a writer/someone just starting to find an interest in the field

Hi there,

Quick preface: I searched the sub for similar posts where people have asked for reading recommendations. I've already picked up a few books from those posts, and looking forward to digging in. I noticed most requests for recommendations, or reading lists, are related to people studying the field with a goal to become a practitioner, however. I'm merely just interested in the huge, nebulous thing that is psychoanalysis.

I recently read through Ernest Becker's Denial of Death as part of a creative writing project I was piecing together for an MLitt, and although I took swathes of it with a pinch of salt, and didn't necessarily chime with a lot of the outdated analysis of things like homosexuality, I did take a lot from the piece that informed my own past, and debilitating, health/death anxiety.

I loved the experience of wading through the thinking, and so I'm keen to delve in more. I've read some Freud and some Jung, in the past, but otherwise I'm pretty much clueless about the whole field. I'm not sure what area to look at (possibly language? I bought an introductory book on Lacan that I can't wait to read), so I'm not sure how to narrow my focus. I'm also probably not informed enough to dive into denser works.

TL;DR what would you recommend a newcomer read, if they're just simply interested in the ideas, findings, theories for themselves, rather than with a view to studying the field or working in it?

Thanks in advance!

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u/HamletAndRye — 11 days ago

▲ 2 r/glasses

Hey, all.

Looking to get a new set of prescription glasses and I can honestly find nothing I like more than the specific shape of Moscot's Arthur frames. There seems to be nothing else out there that has that combination of square-ish shape to the standard circular eyes and thin-ish frame around the bridge.

The expense is an issue, but I'm willing to pay it for a set of glasses I actually like. The problem is I'm based in the UK and hundreds of miles from their London stores, so it'd have to be an international purchase and I'm seeing a lot of bad reviews about the company and their international shipping experience etc.

Has anyone spotted a similar set of frames to the Arthurs (that aren't just standard circular lenses with the curved fames around the eyes that every retailer seems to stock), based in the UK or from a slightly more reliable international-shipping company?

Feels like a very specific long shot, but where better to ask?

u/HamletAndRye — 17 days ago

▲ 1 r/glassesadvice

Hello! I recently got new glasses that I really like. They actually fit well, I think. The only issue is the bridge: the one thing I dislike about the aesthetic is this keyhole shape to the curve under the bridge. Is there any way to dull these corners at the side down a little so that it's less of that keyhole shape? I don't really want to do anything to the actual nose grips themselves, I just think the shape is a bit strange.

I also dislike how thick the bridge itself is... is there any way to thin that material out by even just half a millimetre or so? Is that something an optician could do? I was even tempted to reaaally carefully and sparingly try very fine sandpaper, but that seems like an awful idea.

I know the risk is that they will sit differently on the face, but I'm just really distracted by this whole area whenever I see myself. And I would love these glasses otherwise.

u/HamletAndRye — 22 days ago