Total Personal Exposure

Total Personal Exposure examines if the First Philosophy can avoid cruelty in its presentation. Thought provides the means to transform the world in a creative manner. The self projects an image that supports this project. Reunion has provided the site for this meditation. However, Vittorio and Sly have disrupted the creative endeavor. They have used the resources of this project for their own advantage.

Tempest suggests that the theater of cruelty may provide true liberation for the self. For her part, she believes that Sly’s pursuits offer greater reward for the individual. This highlights how gratification can lead a person towards the domination of others. She accepts this indoctrination. But this also becomes the basis for a politics. And it is the starting point for a new narrative. How can the novel’s depiction avoid the trap of Tempest’s depiction?

The novel implies a systematic approach. Can the self encounter the caring universe and overcome social inequity? Reunion can be a place to explore this invitation. But April proposes a different view. She is not as radical as Tempest. But she feels that the systematic approach does not capture the chaotic aspects of her experience. She finds delight in surrendering to the moment.

If April’s story is the model, is it even possible to sustain this narrative? Each new encounter is disruptive of a single point of view. Can the novel find a new character to achieve a political understanding to challenge the depredations from the new economy? Dusk recognizes an application of the pleasure principle that may not be given to the same excesses of Tempest. Julie advances the benefits of the natural philosophy. However, her vision only manifests itself through an iron will. Rels describes a world that develops from personal caring. Mandalay emerges from the thought corridor to challenge the First Philosophy and questions the motives of the individual.

[Total Personal Exposure has no section breaks. This page was adapted from the Thought Corridor page, so I kept to book format for this presentation. Names for some of the books were generated randomly and have no connection to the actual characters. However, these names could suggest the direction for another novel.]

Chapters

BOOK ONE

BOOK TWO

BOOK THREE

BOOK FOUR: LOUISE

BOOK FIVE: NINA

BOOK SIX: OLIVIA

BOOK SEVEN: REBECCA

BOOK EIGHT: SOPHIA

BOOK NINE: MIA

BOOK TEN: ZOE

BOOK ELEVEN: ARIA

BOOK TWELVE: CLARA

BOOK THIRTEEN: BELLA

BOOK FOURTEEN: MADISON

BOOK FIFTEEN: LUNA

BOOK SIXTEEN: WILLA

BOOK SEVENTEEN

BOOK EIGHTEEN

BOOK NINETEN

BOOK TWENTY: THE THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

BOOK TWENTY ONE: LUCY

BOOK TWENTY TWO: GRACE

BOOK TWENTY THREE: EMILY

BOOK TWENTY FOUR: AMELIA

BOOK TWENTY FIVE: LILA

BOOK TWENTY SIX

BOOK TWENTY SEVEN

TWENTY EIGHT

BOOK TWENTY NINE

BOOK THIRTY

BOOK THIRTY ONE

BOOK THIRTY TWO

BOOK THIRTY THREE