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Jiang accepts that art shocks emotions to the forefront, making them vivid enough to become objects of reflection rather than buried background states.
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Shock
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Yes? Can it create consciousness about your emotions? Because like when you see art then you feel something and then you think about it..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Yes? Can it create consciousness about your emotions? Because like when you see art then you feel something and then you think about it..."
Key Notes
definition
Jiang defines great literature, via Harold Bloom, as a shocking experience that reorients a reader's worldview and remains memorable for life.
prediction
Jiang says he had predicted for two years that the United States would invade Iran, but the actual event still left him shocked and sleepless.
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"Yes? Can it create consciousness about your emotions? Because like when you see art then you feel something and then you think about it..."
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"...Okay. The entire point of art really okay is to like shock your emotions to the forefront. Right? So your emotions are now like..."
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"So what he does is that he will spend hours and hours just talking with someone, trying to get to know this person, trying..."
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"It shakes you in a way that forces you to reorientate your worldview. It forces you to better understand who you are. You're placing..."
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"Well, I will say this. I made this prediction two years ago. The United States would invade Iran. I've been saying for two years..."
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Relevant Lectures And Readings
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A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.
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Jiang begins with Gay Talese the master reporter and ends with Gay Talese the man who learns to stare back at shame.
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Glenn Diesen asks Jiang the practical questions first: what is this war for, who is exhausting whom, where is the weak point, and why would Washington choose such a disaster?
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