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thenewgreen  ·  4195 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Patton Oswalt | A CLOSED LETTER TO MYSELF ABOUT THIEVERY, HECKLING AND RAPE JOKES

I think a hand shake and a thank you might go over better than handing someone $20. Just a thought.

I know what you mean about an artists work helping you through something. I dated a girl for 5 years and when we broke up, I was all discombobulated. That's when I discovered Wilco and really dove in to their music. Songs like Via Chicago with it's lyrics I dreamed about killing you again last night and it felt alright to me really stood out. Also, I should mention that the you in that lyric never seemed like it was someone else but rather "me". Anyways, art has a great capacity to either divert our attention away from our current suffering or to give it a voice when we can't.

I think I will have to check out that Patton Oswalt CD now.