LIFE AS AN ARTIST
Adapted from the Introduction to Wallace Shawn's new book Essays.

The human community is carved up into "individuals." Why? Presumably because it's helped us to survive, because a sleeping dog can easily be kicked, but it's hard to damage a large group of flies. I honestly don't know. At any rate, I didn't ask to be an individual…. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wallace-shawn/life-as-an-artist_b_279558.html