December 2011
“It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from...”
– Emil Zatopek
“Do you ever miss being human?”
The boy pressed his fingers hard into his temples. A little bit of emotion here, a little bit of feeling there and a whole lot of drama and angst to top things off. He felt as though an internal eclipse of sorts was occurring. Somewhere deep within him, his humanity was being obscured by passion, fire and ambition.
“It took Vernon, the 30-year-old mastermind of the band known as Bon Iver, a...”
– Billboard Magazine - May 2011 edition (via jemelache
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Eat. Sleep. Paddle.
Step 1: Train.
Step 2: Suffer.
Step 3: Improve.
Step 4: Win.
“I’m nothing. I’m just meat, bones and mind. Just another speck on a small planet in a gigantic galaxy. My suffering, my pain, my joy, my triumphs, they all mean nothing relative to everything else happening out there in that big old world. I’m nothing, I told you.” The boy said.
“Now come on, have a little sense. you aren’t -“
“Let me...
