Stockholm

The thing in itself seems rather straightforward; it is what it is. Yet I still had the sense that there was something more to it: wasn’t there a language being constructed? A very personal language, perhaps, constructed out of scraps of my own life story, and interspersed, or highlighted, by these moments in which another mind would appear and make comment upon it. The comment would always be thus (and at the very least): pay attention – this is important. If it was my own mind in the guise of some other, the message would be just as relevant. But there seems more to it than this – these moments are like magnets, attracting entire constellations of associations, as deep as the trouble I’m willing to give to look into them. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit briancshort.substack.com