tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post2752903086659762578..comments2024-03-27T13:13:25.164-04:00Comments on johnshaplin: Interview with James Siegeljohnshaplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-40940365136968721712016-01-21T22:35:37.765-05:002016-01-21T22:35:37.765-05:00When I go to Indonesia I sometimes feel like I am ...When I go to Indonesia I sometimes feel like I am going mad. They are normal; I, who might share their normality, am not. By definition, normality integrates, whereas madness isolates. You learn from literature how to deal with that. It is the possibility of putting yourself in the position of the reader of fiction. But that comes about through a gradual habituation, not through formulation. I am not by nature patient, but in Indonesia I nonetheless am.johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.com