Open Question: What does it mean to "pace yourself" in modern culture? Does it mean staying with something long enough, over time, to truly develop a relationship with the material and love it? "There’s a willingness, there’s a faith, there’s a very, very magical alchemy that happens when somebody looks at something with enormous love … Continue reading Pace Yourself
Category: interviews
The Portal, Episode 3: Werner Herzog
"In depth and somewhat reverential interview with Werner Herzog, who the host considers to be an unparalleled genius living in an age that might not be chaotic enough to appreciate him — ”what does a Winston Churchill do if there’s no World War Two to win?”. The answer, apparently, is make films: bizarre, varied, brilliant, … Continue reading The Portal, Episode 3: Werner Herzog
Hot Ones
"What do you think of a show where we interview celebrities while making them eat violently hot chicken wings?"—Bijan Stephen, "In The Hot Seat." The Verge. October 31, 2019. New to me. Loved the article above and plan to check out Hot Ones on YouTube, which currently has +200 videos. Wordness to the turdness.
Hour of the Wolf
"[B]ecause I am a romantic, I still believe that we have the potential to be nobler than we know and better than we think. […] So I urge you to keep your heart’s compass on the true north of your dreams. Be free to be romantics, to reject cynicism, to believe that good will prevail … Continue reading Hour of the Wolf
An Interview with Brontez Purnell – Believer Magazine
"Will I be anything? Will I be nothing at all? / The question wastes time. / I focus, get the chores done." —Jenn Pelly interviewing Brontez Purnell, "An Interview with Brontez Purnell." The Believer Magazine. August 1, 2019. Amazing interview throughout. Also liked: “We endorse the use of lies but not at the expense of … Continue reading An Interview with Brontez Purnell – Believer Magazine
Toni Morrison on Racism
Joe Rogan Experience #1330 — Bernie Sanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-iLk1G_ng Can we agree an hour long open format is better than a "debate"?
David Byrne on Love – Believer Magazine
"Love, it seems to me, is a joyous self-deception, practiced by two people at the same time. No one is as wonderful as the object of one’s love appears to be, and yet who among us would trade that illusion for the truth? Being an illusion, it is not real, but despite not being something … Continue reading David Byrne on Love – Believer Magazine
The Work of the Three Minds
"We have three minds, I reckon, one of which is the body, while the other two are forms of mentation: daylight consciousness and dreaming consciousness. If one of these is absent from a work, it isn’t complete; and if one or two of them are suppressed, kept out of sight, then the whole thing — … Continue reading The Work of the Three Minds
Chomsky Explains U.S. Politics on Democracy Now!
"Republicans face a difficult problem. They have a primary constituency, a real constituency: extreme wealth and corporate power. That’s who they have to serve. That’s their constituency. You can’t get votes that way, so you have to do something else to get votes. What do you do to get votes? This was begun by Richard … Continue reading Chomsky Explains U.S. Politics on Democracy Now!
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