I call my sister on the phone. When she picks up, I say: “You know how I’m a really smart person?”
She responds: “Yes.”
Me: “But you know how also I’m really dumb?”
Her: “Ooh, yes!”
—2010
Author’s Note: This is one of my fav transcribed conversations I’ve ever had. I don’t have the context of it anymore, but we’ve all been in similar discussions at one point in our lives. I’ve long planned to include it as the jumping off point on a piece about ignorance and surrealist art, but here it is for you to enjoy today!