Tom and I are in NYC this week; we went to his bookstore appearance this morning. I shamelessly dropped your name as my neighbor 🙂. Thanks for this terrific interview.
had quite literally copied the exact same quote, lya. 🧡 to have access to this conversation! to be with you both in your thinking. a generous offering indeed.
Molly, thank you for this beautiful act of extension and generosity on your part! Reading and reflecting on this conversation between you and Garth has been High Holy Hour for real. So much to continue to touch and turn over again… including this, which made my eyes hot with tears:
“And yet it is the knowledge that we will die that, to me, defines humanness. We are the animal that knows we will die. We are the animal that must make meaning, and we are the animal whose fulfillment comes in loving and being loved. Those are the three facts about human beings, I think.”
The answer to those conditions of our consciousness, the enormous question we live under as a result of these three facts, is art. What a gift to make it, to build a relationship with it, alone and in communion with each other.
(Which is to say — thank you for building community around art! And seriously, thank you for dreaming up and sharing this incredible interview.)
There’s so much here Molly, I had to read it then listen twice! Thank you for introducing me to GG way back when :)
!!! I can't wait to read Small Rain -- and the second part of this conversation. Love this so much!
Tom and I are in NYC this week; we went to his bookstore appearance this morning. I shamelessly dropped your name as my neighbor 🙂. Thanks for this terrific interview.
I want to talk about SMALL RAIN with you! See you in the neighborhood xx
had quite literally copied the exact same quote, lya. 🧡 to have access to this conversation! to be with you both in your thinking. a generous offering indeed.
Molly, thank you for this beautiful act of extension and generosity on your part! Reading and reflecting on this conversation between you and Garth has been High Holy Hour for real. So much to continue to touch and turn over again… including this, which made my eyes hot with tears:
“And yet it is the knowledge that we will die that, to me, defines humanness. We are the animal that knows we will die. We are the animal that must make meaning, and we are the animal whose fulfillment comes in loving and being loved. Those are the three facts about human beings, I think.”
The answer to those conditions of our consciousness, the enormous question we live under as a result of these three facts, is art. What a gift to make it, to build a relationship with it, alone and in communion with each other.
(Which is to say — thank you for building community around art! And seriously, thank you for dreaming up and sharing this incredible interview.)