https://livesteven.com/2026/06/18/edouard-louis-shows-us-that-happiness-may-be-the-result-only-of-social-determinism-succeeding-in-its-function-to-condition-the-person-you-are-this-is-a-blog-on-edouard-louis-2026/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-06-18T19:34:30+00:00Édouard Louis shows us that ‘happiness’ may be the result only of ‘social determinism’ succeeding in its function to ‘condition the person’ you are. This is a blog on Édouard Louis (2026) ‘Collapse’, London, Harvill.dailyprompt, writing, book-reviews, books, book-review, fiction, edouard-louis, dailyprompt-2797, collapse-2026, queer-working-class-lives-and-othershttps://livesteven.com/2026/06/17/when-the-subject-is-seeing-why-exclude-visual-art-for-that-too-allows-us-to-see-in-more-than-ways-that-are-entirely-visual-this-blog-is-an-explanation-of-why-i-go-to-art-exhibitions-this-i/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-06-17T15:09:57+00:00When the subject is ‘seeing’, why exclude visual art, for that too allows us to ‘see’ in more than ways that are entirely visual. This blog is an explanation of why I go to art exhibitions. This is almost the same as explaining why I feel a need to prepare myself to see them. The pleasures and perils of researched prescience is however a subject in itself. This blog anticipates seeing the new ‘Zurbarán’ Exhibition at 12.00 midday to 13.30 (about) on Thursday 9th July. Will it change my world?dailyprompt, writing, art, travel, history, painting, zurbaran, dailyprompt-2804, national-gallery-exhibition, sacred-and-profane-thoughts