I often wished I had never written that fucking book. I told them, “if you want to achieve something, if you want to write a book, paint a picture, be sure that the center of your existence if somewhere else and that it’s solidly grounded only then will you be able to keep your cool and laugh at the attacks that are bound to come." I myself had followed this advice in the past, but now I was alone, sick with some unknown affliction my private life was in a mess, and I was without a defense. Now a quick excursion to the bathroom, and out for my morning walk-and here she is, my faithful depression: “Did you think you could leave without me?" I had often warned my students not to identify with their work. Slowly the food fills my stomach and gives me strength. Feyerabends final work was his autobiography, entitled Killing Time. Excerpts from some recorded messages to his wife ( Stories from Paolino’s Tapes, 2001) still convey his love of opera, theatre, cinema and the respect, compassion, admiration and sense of wonder he felt for many people. Paul Karl Feyerabend was an Austrian philosopher best known for his work in the. TV-Good Morning America, David what’s-his-name, a guy I can’t stand. A glimpse into Paul Feyerabend’s unconventional life is offered by his autobiography Killing Time (1994). Carefully, very carefully, I get out of bed. I would wake up, open my eyes, listen-is it here or isn’t it? No sign of it. The depression stayed with me for over a year it was like an animal, a well-defined, spatially localizable thing. “Somewhere among the commotion I grew rather depressed.
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