Works of despair (and hope)
 

Thomas Mann: "And yet a work, even one of despair, can never have anything but optimism, faith in life, as its final substance, for despair is a strange thing: it already carries within it the transcendence to hope."

> from Lyn Hejinian's Allegorical Moments: Call to the Everyday (2023)

> tagged with #creative_process, #suffering, #emotions

> created Feb 2, 2025 at 2:33:53 PM


> part of unfinished everything


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unfinished everything is an original work / ongoing project (1997-present) by jeremy p. bushnell

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