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December 13, 2004
Dearest Gary,
are you Trying to provoke me? Boredom is like beauty - it lies in the eyes of the beholder. Start your philosophical education again. Avoid all the things you read before. Try to get all that shit out of your head. This is radical surgery. It's your only hope. Anybody who thinks that Bataille is boring is brain-dead. Come on, mate, this is crap. I've bypassed all the Heidegger stuff in silence but this is crap. I'm not going to say the same old things over and over again. You don't understand and I don't give a fuck how many Americans like what you say, it's shit. If you can't understand Bataille you can't understand the C20. Forget about looking outward and looking inward. If it doesn't make sense do some more work.
Jo,
I've still got some time for you. Forget about the conscious and the unconscious. I don't know what you are doing for your PhD but I need to know. Tell me. Let's start a real conversation. Who's Ali? Habermas is a conservative nothing. I don't care how he relates to Heidegger. It's irrelevant. Read Adorno. If you can't understand it, read it again. This is no bullshit. Don't waste your time on crap, Ali.
Hey Jo, I'm coming to Melbourne at the end of next month and I want to see you. Who's your supervsor? Never trust an academic. I've looked at all your pictures and they're great. Are they your kiddies? Is that your old man? You are beautiful.
What has this to do with philosophy, you ask? The answer: everything.
I'll be on Nicholson Street. Let's get in touch.
Don't give up on Klossowski. Don't give up on Bataille. Don't give up on Adorno.
I don't usually drink but I'm pissed to the eyeballs. But hey, don't give up on me, Jo. It's nearly Christmas, it's been a bastard of a year, and I'd love to talk to you. How about it? Let's meet at the end of next month.
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Oooh, let's save this one.