Tonight Jared and I went to photograph the canals at midnight. Although the night shots weren’t successful, that doesn’t mean the night wasn’t! We ended up getting lost of course and finding a bench with a wonderful view of a canal. How wonderful to sit there and pretend we were academic snobs who came to Europe to talk intellectually. It was quite fun! I will miss getting lost in Amsterdam.
I remember a letter she sent me once. “With you,” she wrote, “I feel the reverse of that fear I usually feel with others. I’m sure you’ll accept the parts of me that are complex but I’m not sure about the parts that are ridiculously simple.”
– Jerzy Kosinski, The Devil Tree
I tried to explain that the freedom I have always desired has nothing to do with being able to travel or with surrendering responsibility; it means not being afraid, not disguising myself and not performing, not structuring my feelings to gain another’s approval.
– Jerzy Kosinski, The Devil Tree
Like most people, [he] is simply searching for an activity to label his existence.
– Jerzy Kosinski, The Devil Tree