"... the weave of anecdotes of the book and of life ..."

Went into town this morning with L. to buy sepia ink and some other materials. This afternoon, finishing my daily lecture by Barthes, it suddenly dawns on me that I have (unconsciously) bought the very same brand of ink that figures on the cover - Encre Sennelier.

Can I really be this dozy & unobservant?

Absence of attention as one of the figures of The Neutral?