“You are not unique”: in my work this is the #1 take-home message of therapy, the key to ending our suffering and, frustratingly, the #1 most difficult idea to accept. My favourite therapist & author, Irvin Yalom, has said something like “we all wish to be unique in our wretchedness” - such a difficult idea to let go of!
Loved The End of the Tour and DFW was a fantastic writer and a fantastic, though tortured and complex, man. The D.T. Max biography of him (Every Love Story is a Ghost Story) is a worthy read. Wallace’s books were great but personally his essays moved me the most.
“You are not unique”: in my work this is the #1 take-home message of therapy, the key to ending our suffering and, frustratingly, the #1 most difficult idea to accept. My favourite therapist & author, Irvin Yalom, has said something like “we all wish to be unique in our wretchedness” - such a difficult idea to let go of!
George Michael was a gifted artist . Being a child of the 80's I learned at a young age that guilty feet have got no rhythm.
Loved that piece on Sedaris. Thanks for sharing. I guess I never realized the pure magnetism of not giving a shit!
Loved The End of the Tour and DFW was a fantastic writer and a fantastic, though tortured and complex, man. The D.T. Max biography of him (Every Love Story is a Ghost Story) is a worthy read. Wallace’s books were great but personally his essays moved me the most.
Michael Mohr
‘Sincere American Writing’
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/