Sometimes I think we were born to suffer more than all the rest

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“Sometimes I think we were born to suffer more than all the rest” – The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith

2 thoughts on “Sometimes I think we were born to suffer more than all the rest

  1. Three kinds of suffering here – the chair for the person seated, the optical pollution of monoblocs everywhere, replacing traditional chairmaking skills with that one-shape-fits-all form out of an extruder, and the tons of plastic debris …

    This would make a nice internationally distributed project: monoblocs from everywhere.

  2. Because of all the reasons you mentioned I think monoblocs are signs of the downfall of the Occident.
    Another one would be the loss of the genitive in German.

    I once followed a photoblog about monoblocs (yes, these things exist) but it got too depressing after a while …

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