Grief

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

“There is a stage in suffering, or in any emotion, or passion, when it belongs to what is most personal and inexpressible in man and there is a stage when it belongs to art. But in its first moments art can never do anything with it. Art is the distance that time gives to suffering.

—Albert Camus, Notebooks 1942-1951 (tr. Justin O’Brien)



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Comments

[asakiyume]

Art is the distance that time gives to suffering. --that's a good line, and better for having the context that you give it (the earlier sentences)

[pjthompson]

Yes, the context is everything here.

[rimturse]

So true.

[pjthompson]

How are you these days?

[rimturse]

I'm trying to push on and cope, but I'm finding it difficult to do art or get words down. How are you?

[pjthompson]

Somewhat the same. I'm doing a little better on the writing front but it's been a long, slow slog. I finished my fold a box a day for a year project but haven't yet fetched up the energy to assemble them. That may take a while. Pushing on...

[rimturse]

Once you get round to assembly, I'd love to see the end-project. It sounds very cool. :)

[pjthompson]

Thanks. It will almost certainly show up on this blog