‘The most obvious, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about. Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude, but the fact is that in the day to day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have a life or death importance.’ ~ DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
Behind The Mirror Movie, a Locomotive sister project, recommends one of the great speeches in modern history. A gentle but powerful reminder of how the river of unconsciousness works, and how to navigate its waters to stay ahead of the current, day in, day out.
Click here for the full transcript: https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~drkelly/DFWKenyonAddress2005.pdf