To Stop Thinking

Would you say that God gave you the gift to think?

God or the devil.
What else can you do?

Nothing. And I can’t even think.

 

If you didn’t philosophise, what you do? What would your life be about?

I don’t philosophise.

 

Can you think with your failure? With your faults? With your idiocy?

 

What if I believed in you? What if I thought you were a genius?

Then you’d be even more of an idiot than I am.

 

I don’t even write philosophy. I write literature.

I don’t even write literature. I write writing.

I don’t even write writing. I write …

 

Why do you philosophise?

I philosophise – to stop thinking.

 

You’ve got such a sense of vocation.

What good is a sense of vocation for something you’re no good at?

What if you are some kind of genius? A genius of idiocy?

A genius of non-genius.

 

Maybe you’re a genius of philosophy. Unrecognised in your lifetime.

 

Do you believe you’ll be discovered one day? Do you think that … will it make it worthwhile … your being all alone? Maybe you think it’s already alright, your being alone. Maybe you don’t want anything else, and I’m just … an irritant.