Every person's life, we say, is a story. In fact, when a life becomes story, a person knows he has 'a life.' The narrative instinct sorts, orders, represses, highlights, finessing its way to a certain contour—not to 'reality,' and certainly not to 'the truth,' but to shapeliness. To represent the whole of reality is beyond the capacity of art, even outside its desire.
—Patricia Hampl
—Patricia Hampl
Tuesday, December 05, 2023
