#22 — Melancholy, existentialism, arrogance, and misinterpretation

About melancholy, healthy crying, Carl Jung’s “The Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature”, Leonard Cohen on the violin, existentialism (and the purpose of anything), Camus’ “The Stranger”, Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot”, nihilism, justifying art to non—art people, art and evolution, supernaturalism, David Wojnarowicz, art as therapy, Mark Rothko, selfishness, coherence amidst chaos, Cat Stevens’ “Father and Son”, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, interpreting art differently to what the artist intended, Anselm Kiefer’s balance of destruction and rebirth, Gerhard Richter, the purpose of the curator, and arrogance. Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. T is a software tester from the United Kingdom. They both live in Zürich, Switzerland. Recorded in Zürich on July 11, 2021. http://majamalmcrona.com http://instagram.com/majamalmcrona