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19-DEC-2025 | Excerpt from “Paradox Bullets” by Tom Sachs

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Excerpt from “Paradox Bullets” by Tom Sachs

(Directed by Van Neistat & narrated by Werner Herzog.)

We are mystics, not rationalists. Art — like marathon running — is an irrational, useless endeavor.

[IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS MUST BE FOLLOWED ABSOLUTELY AND LOGICALLY]

But we expend the enormous energy art demands anyway, because through our efforts, we expand our threshold for the human spirit. This is what distinguishes us from the cows in the field. 🏁

Apart from being one of a kind…

  • Big emphasis on “we” — it gets you existential as you identify with your inner human animal.

  • Combination of opposites. There’s something oddly satisfying about a logical rule enforcing the pursuit of irrational beauty.