Sing Sing

brb being struck by the notion that everything u feel has already been felt before........ something so comforting so lovely so wonderful to it. really nothing about existing is new. hurt and suffering make us feel alienated and forlorn, but these are common conditions of Being. thinking abt james baldwin saying “it was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive”........ in his clemency hearing, divine g describing art as rehabilitation bc it allows space to process ur loneliness and pain (& therefore, to endure) but also to sit w ur happiness and peace (& therefore, to gain courage from them)....... etc etc........................ clarence maclin ur hamlet will always be famous