Lech Blaine

I wrote a short piece for Meanjin about conducting a more productive relationship with sadness and the books that I’ve been reading lately.

“The best writers make me feel both more and less alone. Without flinching, they’ll pinpoint the limits of human connection and consumption, the folly of pinning your happiness on a single person or product. This tough love is extremely frightening and ultimately liberating. No romance or promotion will save a person from intermittent loneliness. Only by tolerating that fact can you eke out a new template for existing.”