Edmond
An idea that lingers from David Mamet’s Edmond: that behind fear there’s a wish. Watching Edmond’s descent, spookily conveyed by William H. Macy in the film version, it seems a persuasive thought. Locked in a prison cell, with the world lost, Edmond seems to find acceptance and repose.
Then I thought of some character from a James Baldwin story who says there’s always further to fall, and another who somewhere in Herman Hesse says we have to go through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. Cheery musings as the rain clouds gather and the globe hots up.