Saturday, 30 March 2013 @ 02:42 0 stares
Ritsuka nodded and took a book from his messenger bag – Freud's Interpretation of Dreams. He carefully placed it back on the bookshelf that filled an entire wall of her office. After a few moments of perusal, he grabbed another from the shelf. Jung's The Undiscovered Self was tucked neatly into his bag.
"From the master to the protégé is it?"
Ritsuka sat down. "I just want to see the difference. I don't believe that Freud is as crazy as everyone makes him out to be. I think they just don't understand."
"Oh?" Katsuko-sensei turned to look at him. She was done with her computer and the screen behind her showed its usual screensaver of hypnotic circles and squares swirling into some psychedelic pattern beyond recognition, a digital Rorschach of sorts.
Ritsuka had spent hours staring at that screensaver. "How so?"
"Well," Ritsuka began, settling into the couch and getting comfortable. He crossed his legs and looked at Katsuko-sensei as he talked. "First of all, Freud's interpretation of our libido is very misunderstood. The word has been transformed to refer to sexual appetites instead of the pursuit of pleasure that Freud meant it as. Libido is a very nihilistic thing, it's the force that drives us to do everything. It has very little to do with actual sex, but since libido is associated with sex in modern culture, thanks to Freud, people say that he's all about sex."
"Well, you have to admit a lot of what he wrote was sexual in nature. Like how dreams stem from sexual dissatisfaction."
"There's more to life than sex," Ritsuka said thoughtfully. "Our dreams don't stem from sexual dissatisfaction, but rather from sensual dissatisfaction. It is a depravity of our senses that dreams exhibit."
Katsuko-sensei blinked, clearly taken aback. She was constantly shocked at Ritsuka's precociousness. "Go on."
"Well, everything is a sensual experience for me. We use our senses for everything, but very few people are aware of it. I think I'm hyper aware of these things, because I feel that the world is a very sensual place." Ritsuka blushed. "I've learned to be so excited by it, so enthralled with people and smells and tastes. I'm hyperaware of everything and really enjoy it."
"You're the type of person who drinks of life."
"I'd much rather swim in it."