Thoughts raised by LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends”

jonathanbogart:

Shy people know: you stay away not because you don’t want to interact, but because interaction matters so much that when it goes wrong (as it inevitably will), when attention falls flat, when misunderstandings crop up, it becomes the worst thing in the world, and you can’t bear having to explain yourself or reassert your interestingness.

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 Great piece of self-reflection here, with this snippet of pure insight.

22 October 2010 ·

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  1. cargohoo reblogged this from andrewtsks
  2. andrewtsks reblogged this from jonathanbogart and added:
    don’t really like...drag Jonathan’s words out into the light if he didn’t want
  3. thisis said: This is a lovely piece of writing. Unsolicited pity is a disgusting thing, but I sincerely do hope that you end up less isolated some day.
  4. jaybushman reblogged this from meganwest
  5. deanvannguyen reblogged this from jonathanbogart and added:
    reflective piece. Interesting...emotions ‘All My Friends’ seems
  6. everygreatsongever reblogged this from jonathanbogart and added:
    get what Jonathan is saying...this post, about fear of intimacy, about losing touch—I’ve...
  7. unbornwhiskey said: Or you can do like me and translate the feeling through other music. Like SPEAK NOW, which made me cry and feel the wistful things on at least three occasions tonight.
  8. meganwest reblogged this from jonathanbogart and added:
    self-reflection here,
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