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Lawrence Yeo • Travel Is No Cure for the Mind
But in the end, that didn’t matter: The actual process of getting back in the rhythm, a new rhythm, is long and painful, and filled with self-loathing.
Jessica Abel • Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life
When I watch a Miyazaki film I can’t help but think about his attunement to the world, the presence it requires to transmute the real world into a fantastical one. That’s the interesting contradiction of writers and artists, I suppose: alienation is a necessity, but so is participation. The point of getting better is to be more in the world.
In the ruins, we may be able to ask ourselves new questions: What do I actually want to do? Whose opinion do I really care about? We’ll have slain the dragon of prestige and may now be ready to live on our own terms for the first time.