\u201cLoss becomes the primary condition of living. That doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re in a hopeless, grief-stricken state all the time; it just means that you carry a deeper understanding of what it is to be human. We suffer as human beings, but out of that can come enormous joys, and genuine happiness, too. It can run in tandem with this ordinary sense of suffering. Otherwise, joy doesn\u2019t resonate fully. Joy seems to leap forth out of suffering. Regardless of your loss, you see how beautiful, how meaningful, how joyful the world can suddenly be. Human beings in general, you know, are fleeting things. That\u2019s something to understand on a fundamental level. That we have value. That we are precious.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Nick Cave (in conversation with Amanda Petrusich)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2526,2525],"class_list":["post-8063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","tag-amanda-petrusich","tag-nick-cave-musician"],"yoast_head":"\n