- Via Neal Jansons on Facebook

(“Immoral art is often quite good, but bad art is never moral”)

I don’t necessarily speak for Neal, but my interpretation of “bad art” has nothing to do with technical quality, as superior quality can often be quite bad, whereas poor quality can often be quite good.  And vice versa.

And again, I do not speak for Neal, but as for art: thankfully, morality has nothing to do with it.

And as for the absurdity of life and the impossibility of knowledge, don’t think of this as a final conclusion, but rather as a reset and a new beginning.  A sort of ‘clearing of the mind’ before re-assessing all that you believe.

As Descartes once said (I am not a fan of Descartes, but the man did have some glorious moments):

“…it is prudent never to trust completely those who have deceived us even once.”

Which means you start every day with the following prayer: “Life is absurd and knowledge is impossible” — and you take it from there…