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Michel Foucault tells us about a form of wall clock self writing called the hupomnemata in an essay titled Self Writing in his book Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth. In its simplest definition, the hupomnemata is a notebook, or journal of sorts for the Ancient Greeks. However, unlike the intimate, confessional journals later found in Christian literature, the hupomnemata does not intend “to pursue the unspeakable, nor to reveal the hidden, nor to say the unsaid, but on the contrary to capture the already said, to collect what one has managed to hear or read, and for a purpose that is nothing less than the shaping of the self” (Ethics 210-211). The hupomnemata is not an art object that is distinct and separate from the writer, “they must form part of ourselves: in short, the soul must make them not merely its own but itself” (Ethics 210). The creation of the hupomnemata is the creation of the self, or as Foucault claims, the hupomnemata is a wall clock [4:41 PM, 9/7/2022] Khizer Mama Ki Jaaan: n this world, wherever there is light - there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exists, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars, and hatred is born to protect love." [4:42 PM, 9/7/2022] Khizer Mama Ki Jaaan: "Wake up to reality! Nothing ever goes as planned in this world. The longer you live, the more you realize that in this reality, only pain, suffering, and futility exist." [4:43 PM, 9/7/2022] Khizer Mama Ki Jaaan: "Talking about peace, whilst spilling blood, it's something that only humans can do." Khizer Mama Ki Jaaan: -Madara Uchiha