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Today's episode is part two on the work of a meal, Chiron.

I hope you love the show today.

So what Chiron liked to do after he clocked out for the day

when his feet hurt, his back hurt, his eyes were tired.

When he finally got home after a long day of navigating

the sheer absurdity and meaninglessness of absolutely everything,

what Chiron liked to do is sit down at his desk and just write.

The result of this was certainly plenty of books on the heights of despair,

the trouble with being born, a short history of decay, just a name of you.

But one thing we have to clarify to be able to truly understand the man behind this work

is that his intention in writing all of these things

was never to give you answers.

It was never to construct a narrative, it was never to write a story.

He wasn't writing these as some long form persuasive essay to try to get you to think the same way he does.

Not in fact part of the beauty of Chiron as a writer is that he really doesn't care what you think about his writing.

He went tons of awards writing in French, not even his first language rejected almost every one of them.

He didn't care. See, he was writing for a different reason on this particular day.

Today, he was writing for a personal reason.

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