Having read Lacan's "Mirror Stage as Formative of the I function," as well as Fry's chapter on Lacan, I have a lot of questions. I will attempt to answer them based on my recognition of the terms that confused me.
Q: What is Gestalt?
A: a type of pickled fish, related to Gefilte, often pronounced in a thick New-York accent and found in Kosher delis. Ex: "Oy vey, the Gestalt is mighty fine this afternoon!"
Q: What is the function of the mirror stage?
A: to establish a relationship between an organism and its reality, assuming that that organism is an actor and his reality is that of a reflective surface upon which he acts.
Q: What is the Ideal I?
A: about two months and ten pounds ago.
Q: What is Imagos?
A: a type of frozen, breakfast pastry that can be prepared in a toaster --- well known for the marketing slogan "Gimme my Imagos, Amigos!"
Q: What is "The Gaze"?
A: a medical bandage which has itself undergone a recent surgery to remove the pesky letter "u"
Q: Why do we keep talking about the penis?
A: This is actually "hashtag" (#) type of catchphrase, used in a time when people were obsessed with their pens and their perfect figures. Whether your pen is expensive, big, classy, or multi-colored, you can use the term #penis to mean "pen is..." implying that you have some sort of #swag that other #pens #lack.
Q: What is Geist?
A: See Gestalt.
Q: What is the relationship between big "S" and little "s" in "S/s"?
A: Well, you see, when a big "S" and a little "s" love and desire each other very much...
Q: What is a "Sheaf"?
A: Neither miserly nor spiteful #penis
Q: What is language?
A: a rebus --- the first bus was too small to contain all the "S/s"s.
Correction: Language is awesome.
Q: What is Gestalt?
A: a type of pickled fish, related to Gefilte, often pronounced in a thick New-York accent and found in Kosher delis. Ex: "Oy vey, the Gestalt is mighty fine this afternoon!"
Q: What is the function of the mirror stage?
A: to establish a relationship between an organism and its reality, assuming that that organism is an actor and his reality is that of a reflective surface upon which he acts.
Q: What is the Ideal I?
A: about two months and ten pounds ago.
Q: What is Imagos?
A: a type of frozen, breakfast pastry that can be prepared in a toaster --- well known for the marketing slogan "Gimme my Imagos, Amigos!"
Q: What is "The Gaze"?
A: a medical bandage which has itself undergone a recent surgery to remove the pesky letter "u"
Q: Why do we keep talking about the penis?
A: This is actually "hashtag" (#) type of catchphrase, used in a time when people were obsessed with their pens and their perfect figures. Whether your pen is expensive, big, classy, or multi-colored, you can use the term #penis to mean "pen is..." implying that you have some sort of #swag that other #pens #lack.
Q: What is Geist?
A: See Gestalt.
Q: What is the relationship between big "S" and little "s" in "S/s"?
A: Well, you see, when a big "S" and a little "s" love and desire each other very much...
Q: What is a "Sheaf"?
A: Neither miserly nor spiteful #penis
Q: What is language?
A: a rebus --- the first bus was too small to contain all the "S/s"s.
Correction: Language is awesome.
