David Milch - The Idea of the Writer (Day 4 Part 1/3)

[@desertplacesj]

Never delete this....I need these posts for me to help understand these emotions. Please. his description of Kierkegaard is precious. I need this stuff to help me move on and understand the world. NEVER, please, delete these, ever. Please. Please.

[@meegeecee]

I go back to these time and time again. It gets richer and deeper for me. He’s really answering the seemingly unanswerable questions of “What is art? What is it to be an artist” at the double helix of creativity and spirituality. No “weak shit” here.

[@meegeecee]

I go back to these time and time again. It gets richer and deeper for me. He’s really answering the seemingly unanswerable questions “What is art? What is it to be an artist” where the double helix of creativity and spirituality are linked. No “weak shit” here.

[@marilynguinnane4663]

I saw Moby Dick as being metaphorical but I couldn't finish it either. I had a one-on-one with a writer at a conference, who said that one of the best novels he ever read was A Passage to India. So I glommed onto it when I got home and, really, found it the most boring freakin' book I'd ever read. But I made myself finish, not even out of curiosity, but so that I could tell that writer if I ever saw him again, that I had read A Passage/India. I would sing its praises to him, I thought, proving myself to be a phony but in order to impress him in that I too was erudite. Well, it's been years and years and you know what? That novel stays with me. It is embedded in my soul, as it were. It really is a great novel (an E.M. Forester creation) to the tune of my even remembering the characters' names. So what's the moral here? No moral. Doesn't mean sh**. And I never crossed paths with that writer again, in case you're wondering. But if you love watching paint dry as well as feeling a need to inculcate your artistic soul with fine writing, read A Passage to India.

[@nevergreen9550]

Not the most glowing recommendation, I dare say. Well, if the novel ever happens to fall into my lap, maybe I'll remember your comment.

[@howardkoor2796]

Love hearing David speak..

[@brianletlhabane6018]

I like it when he taps into this armchair philosopher mode. Thanks for the upload.

[@stephens5807]

Moby Dick... the romance and fanciful aspects sell themselves. The imaginative and didactic portions can be read with joy after you’ve developed a love for the sea or sea tales. The 20 book Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brien is an enjoyable experience that can develop that love in my experience.

[@danielsalisbury245]

40:59 freeze frame to stare down the barrel of the camera.

[@howardkoor2796]

Deadwood was the best !!! www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914/

[@seltonk5136]

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