RHETOR 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Mnemic, Wax Paper, Celluloid
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Freud"s essay on the mystic pad gives us insight as to what he would have made of modern day computing technologies. Freud considered the mystic writing pad as a sort of metaphor for the human mind. Surface on which one could write by setting a stylus to it. Erase writing by lifting the wax paper off of the slab (cid:498)the permanent trace of what was written is retained upon the wax slab itself and is legible in suitable lights(cid:499) Mwp has a particular kind of memory. Compare celluloid and waxed paper covering with the system of perception- Compare wax slab with the unconscious behind them. Compare the appearance and disappearance of the writing with the flickering-up and passing-away of consciousness in the process of perception. Conclusion: either the receptive surface must be renewed or note must be destroyed. Mystic pad was a more precise analog of the mind"s abilities receives the stimulus.
