I think it's more trying to "write my way out", describe it in words, make it something... other than the vague apathy/ennui/self-loathing. To give something a name is to give it power, yeah, but it also hauls it in from being unknowable and beyond control. Even if it's not controllable, I can hold on to the illusion that it can be.
I think it's more trying to "write my way out", describe it in words, make it something... other than the vague apathy/ennui/self-loathing. To give something a name is to give it power, yeah, but it also hauls it in from being unknowable and beyond control. Even if it's not controllable, I can hold on to the illusion that it can be.
Illusions are good.
As long as they work.
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