on trump
in such a climate, somebody who is actually saying something, who seems to suggest that there may be a connection between what he said and what he will do, such a person is a way out of a vacuous nightmare—even if the way out is dangerous or vicious… the less hot air you make and the more tangible you are the better chance you have at this moment.
the american anger towards the elite
they are angry at the elite not because it’s the elite in the old fashion way—the elites have always been criticizable or suspected—but because it’s the elite that talks and talks and talks and there is no connection between his talk and his actions and what is really happening in the world. so it’s a kind of elitism which is an abstraction.
what keeps him going
the next job, the next task. because i’m always so involved and also collaborating in many, many ways with many different people on many different levels. so what keeps me going is the next page.
on desire
i think that all desire, including sexual, is the desire to be in a certain place, if only a place consoles us and gives us energy. but when i say place i don’t mean a geographical place… it’s where your finger fits or where your foot rests.
this is from an interview between paul holdengraber and john berger, a short while before he died. i love these guys. so sweet. you all kids give a listen.
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