“NO PEN, NO INK…”
Disease epidemics have been the inspiration for many a writer and his work. Boccaccio wrote his Decameron at the time of the Black Death in 1348. A recent article in the Guardian newspaper asked whether Shakespeare wrote King Lear in the lockdown of 1606. Even Joyce may have been inspired to write his first play (now lost, presumed destroyed by the author), A Brilliant Career, by the Dublin bubonic plague scare of 1900, according to Frank McNally in a recent article in the Irish Times.
JOYICITY: MARCH 2020
In this issue: A word from our new President, Kevin Wright — Recap of our celebration of James Joyce’s birthday — First tentative schedule for our 2020 Festival! — Events around town — A blog post on Finnegans Wake’s Multifractal Structure
ASMR AND JAMES JOYCE
Does Finnegans Wake have ASMR qualities?
The term “auto sensory meridian response” (ASMR) was coined by Jennifer Allen, a cybersecurity specialist, in a Facebook group she founded in 2010.
Because ASMR is still a fringe theory, a definitive definition of the phenomenon is hard to find. But, since the phenomenon has exploded on the internet, especially on YouTube and Facebook, you are probably already familiar with it to some extent.