david_milch raze "the consolation that i try to find when i'm not busy just being pissed_off is that the idea of the end of a thing as inscribing the final meaning — the pressure that fixes the mark on the meaning of any experience — is one of the lies agreed upon that we use to organize our lives. the truth is that the collaborative process is itself a lie agreed upon. there's no point in bullshitting yourself about that, you know. what you try and find is a coincidence of separate interests and sustain that coincidence for as long as is possible, never forgetting the fact that the interests are separate. the biggest lie is the idea that we are entitled to a meaningful and coherent summarizing — a conclusion of something which never concludes. and in that regard, this is the lie i'm telling myself so i don't set fire to anything." 220815 ... raze "it increasingly seems that life is something that happens to you and art the opportunity to understand what's transpired. you need only to be brave." 230112 ... raze "i believe one way god says, 'i too have a hand here,' is in the rhythms and metrics of speech, that the metrics of speech are important and representative of our fellowship even in those of us who feel, mistakenly, that we are separate from each other as individuals." 230523 what's it to you? who go blather from