I understand, all right. The hopeless dream of being - not seeming, but being. At every waking moment, alert. The gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone. The vertigo and the constant hunger to be exposed, to be seen through, perhaps even wiped out. Every inflection and every gesture a lie, every smile a grimace. Suicide? No, too vulgar. But you can refuse to move, refuse to talk, so that you dont have to lie. You can shut yourself in. Then you neednt play any parts or make wrong gestures. Or so you thought. But reality is diabolical. Your hiding place isnt watertight. Life trickles in from the outside, and youre forced to react. No one asks if it is true or false, if youre genuine or just a sham. Such things matter only in the theatre, and hardly there either. I understand why you dont speak, why you dont move, why youve created a part for yourself out of apathy. I understand. I admire. You should go on with this part until it is played out, until it loses interest for you. Then you can leave it, just as youve left your other parts one by one.
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