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Thanks for this! I've always loved Duritz' songs. When the first album was released, the first time I heard it in its entirety, felt like church to me. I greatly appreciate your approach to the "suffering artist" trope here. People are driven to create for so many different reasons, and suffering happens in so many different ways and contexts, that it seems ridiculous to me to try to pin either of those rivers to its banks, and dictate how they must influence each other.

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Aug 4Liked by Kathryn Vercillo

I came to make a comment, but you said pretty much what I was thinking, only in clearer language 😊

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Aug 4Liked by Kathryn Vercillo

Reading Duritz' quotes reminded me of the Beatles' terribly sad, lonely, confused song, "Strawberry Fields Forever", whose chorus is "Nothing is real". I'm glad that music provides a temporary solace for him.

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