I think the artist’s responsibility is to not be afraid and to not self censor. All the great artistic discoveries, and insights, and intuitions have been made in a condition of fearlessness on the part of the artist, and not self censorship, and not obeisance to serve whatever social norm seems to be prevalent at the time. As soon as you start to censor, you are no longer an artist, you are an interior decorator, you might as well forget it.
— David CronenbergI loved Cronenberg’s movie ‘The Fly’, the sci-fi thriller about a scientist turning himself accidentally into — you might have guessed it — a fly while conducting a teleportation experiment. Many years ago, I used to watch movies as though I was being paid to do so. And now, I can’t seem to sit back and watch those two hour long stories play out on the screen anymore. And that I say with a sigh because I am possibly missing out on so many great and wonderful stories from the present and the past. I am resolved to address that situation in the near future.
In other development, the soles of my feet hurt when I wake up in the morning.
There is something called plantar fasciitis apparently causing morning foot pain.
There is another Arundhati Roy book out. In this one apparently she has bitched and moaned about her mother. I think everybody should write a book bitching and moaning about their mother.
Thanks for reading. My ‘About’ page needed a facelift.
This is way too late and birds have started chirping seeing that morning sun is about to be out.
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01.09.2025
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