Paris 13 / 11: J.G. Ballard and Sam Beckett
People aren’t ennobled by suffering . . . At the same time, it does strip away a lot of illusions. One pays a terrible price for that, but at least one glimpses some kind of truth. Conrad once said that it’s necessary to immerse yourself in the most destructive elements of the times, and then attempt to swim.
Culled lines from JG Ballard and Sam Beckett in response to Paris 13/11.
Paris 13 / 11: Clarice Lispector and Kathy Acker
The mystery of human destiny is that we are fated, but that we have the freedom to fulfill or not fulfill our fate: realization of our fated destiny depends on us. While inhuman beings like the cockroach realize the entire cycle without going astray because they make no choices.
Culled lines from Clarice Lispector and Kathy Acker in response to Paris 13/11.