what are you doing now
where did you eat your
lunch and were there
lots of anchovies it
is difficult to think
of you without me in
the sentence you depress
me when you are alone
I really want to read (write?) something good on the prevalence of this kind of 'art': exculpatory, highly therapised, dogmatic, labile, jargonistic but fragile; all about message not form; 'radical' in a diffuse and vapid way; never difficult; never, ever, in any way surprising.
texto massa sobre como o ideal capitalista de masculinidade e a demanda constante de auto-aperfeiçoamento e "a melhor versão de si mesmo" afasta homens de atividades não-produtivas (aka não lucrativas) como a leitura de ficção
https://t.co/QjnPs2viHs
David Foster Wallace: "I have intelligent friends, who don't like to read. They get - it's not just bored - there's an almost dread that comes up about having to be alone and having to be quiet.
It seems significant that we don't want things to be quiet ever anymore."