This is a great piece! I like the "mosaic" imagery.
For me, writing is therapy. It calms me down and helps me think through difficult things.
BTW here's a good summary of Infinite Jest. The book seems to be mostly "post-modernist". ie, it's a critique that the world is mostly chaotic and meaningless, and the critique is presented with irony and sarcasm.
eg, the book talks about a teenage tennis player that always holds a gun to his head during each game, and threatens to shoot himself if the ref doesn't declare him the winner. Eventually, through his extortionary tactic, he becomes a world champion. Having no further goals in life, he shoots himself and dies.
The book also talks about a terrorist group that kills people by installing large mirrors on mountain roads. When a truck drives towards it at night, it sees its own reflection. Mistaking it for another incoming vehicle, the truck swerves and ends up falling off a cliff, killing everyone onboard. One day, a psychotic, suicidal driver drives by, sees the "incoming vehicle", and decides to go for a head-on collision. It ends up shattering the mirror. Ironically, the suicidal person survives.
Enjoyed reading this Vivian:)
This is a great piece! I like the "mosaic" imagery.
For me, writing is therapy. It calms me down and helps me think through difficult things.
BTW here's a good summary of Infinite Jest. The book seems to be mostly "post-modernist". ie, it's a critique that the world is mostly chaotic and meaningless, and the critique is presented with irony and sarcasm.
eg, the book talks about a teenage tennis player that always holds a gun to his head during each game, and threatens to shoot himself if the ref doesn't declare him the winner. Eventually, through his extortionary tactic, he becomes a world champion. Having no further goals in life, he shoots himself and dies.
The book also talks about a terrorist group that kills people by installing large mirrors on mountain roads. When a truck drives towards it at night, it sees its own reflection. Mistaking it for another incoming vehicle, the truck swerves and ends up falling off a cliff, killing everyone onboard. One day, a psychotic, suicidal driver drives by, sees the "incoming vehicle", and decides to go for a head-on collision. It ends up shattering the mirror. Ironically, the suicidal person survives.