3.Pastoral Angst
Welcome to the goldrush, ladies and gentlemen, where california
begins and maybe ends.
California is the last stop on the great hitchhike west and now
it's getting a little full. too many thumbs. well, when you get
too many people in one place, you get intolerance and contempt
and
Dity and tension and sarcasm, distrust, anxiety, envy, hate,
cynicism, discontent, self-pity, malice, suspicion, jealousy and
snobbishness. and this leads right into poetry, painting,
sculpture,
E, music and literature, photography. these are known as the
arts. and art will break your heart. so what？ so will a good
meal. art is not the spiritual side of business-as-usual.
And art is not for everyone. never has been and it never will
be. now me, i don't know much about art, but i do like what i
know. you know in these days when everybody is mistaking
celebrity for
Nt, ambition for genius, self-pity for humility, style for
content and loathing for love, they spend a lot of time getting
in touch with themself. and then they find self-justification,
self-rig
Sness, self-obsession, self-pity, self-loathing, self-concern,
self-centredness, self-reliance, and self-serving gratification.
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