perloff-pain

November 19, 2024

Words are very slippery. Wittgenstein has more than 30 pages, for example, on the word “pain.” What is pain? Can I tell what kind of pain you’re in? You can tell me, “I really am in extreme pain.” But is that necessarily “true”? Maybe you’re just trying to impress me.

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“The rules of thumb with which we approached our music: Repeating a musical phrase the same way twice needs a hell of a better reason than a-a-b-a form. Never do anything confused that can be done simple. Never do anything dull that can be done interesting.”

Samuel R. Delany | Heavenly Breakfast

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