http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/30/taussig.php

“…presents us with Benjamin’s development of a tecnica de viaje (a technique of travel), which involved collecting and creating stories through a mix of “thought figures” governed by a galloping interest in mimesis, a hypertrophied sensitivity to similarities. This is not dissimilar to what Proust was getting at with ..mémoire involontaire.., but this ..tecnica de viaje.. was historical and cosmic as well as personal.”

— Cabinet//Getting High with Benjamin and Burroughs