Conversation

I think there's an extent to which activism and artistry are opposed, in that the former is trying to achieve some end now and the latter is trying to make things that are permanent and not about the present.

But there are rare exceptions, such as Orwell, or Arthur Koestler or especially Hunter S Thompson. I fine Thompson particularly compelling as someone who can take an article on a thing that happened last week and somehow let the whole universe peek around its edges.