When I started talking about Oligarchy, many people didn't understand what I meant.
Well, that's changed.
When the 3 wealthiest men in America sit behind Trump at his inauguration, everyone understands that the billionaire class now controls our government.
We must fight back.
David Lynch has reasonable claim to being the most important American director since 1950. moreover, his movies felt like they were made just for you, no matter who you were. They whispered secrets no one else knew. At one point, everybody’s favorite director was David Lynch.
Shoutout to everybody at Netflix who decided not to move forward with all the projects David Lynch wanted to do in his final years. I'm sure all the other stuff you greenlit instead was much better.
There is hardly a quarter of an hour of my waking time when I haven’t thought about you, and many quarter-hours when I do nothing else.
Franz Kafka, 1912.
May you, dearest, have a good rest; I enjoy every moment of these Christmas days twice as much when I remember that you are able to rest and recover.
Franz Kafka, 1912.
So passes my rainy, quiet Sunday, I sit in my bedroom and am at peace, but instead of making up my mind to do some writing, I have been staring at my fingers for quite a while.
Franz Kafka, 1912.
Do you know the joys of being alone, walking alone, lying in the sun alone? Which doesn’t mean I have anything against doing things in twos, not much against doing them in threes. But what a joy it is for the tormented, for heart and head! Do you know what I mean?
Kafka, 1916.
Well, on Sunday we'll be together, 5, 6 hours, too little for talking, enough to be silent in, to hold-hands, to look-into-each-other’s-eyes.
Franz Kafka, 1921.