Everything is broken
“Everyday takes figuring out all over again how to fucking live “
Calamity Jane, Deadwood
This is attempt number 4 at this.
There’s a career politician running around Canada saying “Canada is broken” ignoring the fact it was during his long stay in politics things got so broken. but what stands out, aside from his promise he’s the cure for this broken-ness he helped birth is how firmly the sentiment lands with everyone right now.
We, it seems, intuit something is really off in everything and it feels kinda terrifying for most people.
In the previous 3 drafts of this letter I’ve been scouring my insides trying to identify the source of a now longstanding malaise in myself and through writing to you understand what is off inside me.
When not writing and throwing it all away I’ve been reading a lot.1
Letting other minds lead my mind into new places.2 Letting other voices set points in the gloaming hoping upon hope their ideas like beacons would pul…
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