Eventually, this blog will curate your mindfuck experiences, but to achieve a full understanding of the mindfuck experience, we must first investigate the mindfuck-related ponderances of others.
So investigation 1, naturally is wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfuck
We are offered this tasty morsel:
A mindfuck is a slang term which describes a work that uses literary devices such as nonlinear storytelling and plot twists in order to present convoluted, yet not conflicting, themes. A creation is usually considered a mindfuck when a casual observer is not able to discern the true meaning of a work without making a serious attempt to unravel the themes presented or when the plot is incredibly difficult to follow. Special examples of mindfucks involve a single plot twist which completely changes the viewer's understanding of the events in a film or novel as well as the ideas it presents.Notable examples of mindfucks include the The Illuminatus! Trilogy, Fight Club, and several of the works of Philip K. Dick.
... which is fairly useless. I am interested in the feeling that you get at the end of those movies- that tickling of then neurons, however, I really want our mindfuck experiences to be a little bit deeper and longer lasting and relative than anything a movie could ever offer. Did you feel fucked up after Fight Club? Did you have a spiritual crisis after seeing Pi? Great, so did I, so did the others hundreds of millions of people who saw those movies. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake.
So movies are banned from The Mindfuck Experience. If you'd like a list of movies that are mindfucking, visit the mindfuck wiki link above. There's a list. Fuck you, The Sixth Sense.
It is important to note that TV isn't banned, because if you can come up with a legitimate television-induced mindfuck, mad props to you. Not all at once now, kids.
Wiki also covers: Mindfuck films of anime, S+M Mindfucks (fooling the submissive by doing something they actually didn't consent to, ie using ice instead of burning since (and i quote) "it can be hard to distinguish hot from cold," and mindfucks as an analogy for scientology, as referenced by Steve Martin in the movie.... Bowfinger.
Wiki, baby, why do you have to do be like this? So many hours we have sweetly lingered reading about Phantom Islands, Jack the Ripper, and Jimson Weed, and now this? How could you?
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It does make sense that movies should be removed from the pile, but if we're going to limit it to life-changing experiences, I think that part should probably be emphasized over the actual fucking of the mind -- I've had my reality re-evaluated by many an anime (say that 10x fast), but obviously I share this experience with everybody else who has seen the same films.
My point is, the tingling that comes from the experience of a mindfuck can happen more than once, and the issue at hand is that the definition of mindfuck in this blog and that of Wiki's is disparate (not 'desperate') because of semantics.
And for the record, no, Fight Club did not change a damn thing about what I think about reality. I was already predisposed to thinking that because, well, I had read more complex theory before reading that book.
And this is a useful segue, because I plan to submit my entry on a book I read in college and have been reading ever since, no matter how many times I finish it -- is that still allowed?
Hey Nico,
First, thanks for being the first to comment!
Interesting on how i'm defining the mindfuck. I feel that life changing is not the key- i want thought changing, a fucking of one's epistemology. Or would it be better to go after the brain tingle? Maybe the project is titled wrong? maybe i need to alter my definition more?
All book based entries are welcomed with open arms. I can't wait to read it!
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