As we gape at the continuity and chaos of the world, a chance meeting draws our attention. One way to approach the ineffable is to consider the mismatched pairs that time and space have thrown together. Here’s one.
ERIK SATIE AND LE PÉTOMANE
Satie is sometimes depicted as a sort of musical monk, writing his radically simple pieces in […]

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During a dark night — both literal and figurative — I came across this passage, which I now translate:
“Those who say that life is no more than an assemblage of misfortunes must find life itself a misfortune. If it is, then death is a blessing. People do not write such things when they […]

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