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Death is just the last scene of the last act

Death is just the last scene of the last act

Death is just the last scene of the last act. (Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde)

I’m against the picture of the artist as a starry-eyed visionary not really in control or knowing what he does. I’d almost prefer the word ‘craftsman’. He’s like one of those old-fashioned ship builders who conceived the build of the boat in their mind and after that touched every single piece that went into the boat

Try to be pleasant to one another, get plenty of fresh air, read a good book now and then, depose your government when it suspends the free press, try to use the mechanism of the state to adjudicate fairly and employ diplomatic means wherever possible to avoid armed conflict

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