:24:10
You're a funny one.
:24:14
- Well?
- I think it's good,
:24:17
but I think you could go
even deeper.
:24:19
Deeper?.
:24:22
- What do you mean, deeper?.
- I mean it's good,
:24:26
but I sense you're just
scratching at the surface.
:24:29
When I look at this work
l see a pretty solid technique,
:24:32
but what I am missing
:24:35
is an authentic voice.
:24:37
One gets the feeling that
you're holding something back
:24:39
and for the work to really leap forward,
to take the next step.
:24:43
l keep going back to this notion
of an authentic voice.
:24:46
What I mean to say is,
l was there,
:24:48
and you were there, and
l know what it looked like,
:24:52
but what did it feel like?
:24:55
That's what we want to know,
isn't it?
:24:59
Does any of what
l'm saying resonate?
:25:02
l suppose what l'm trying
to say is
:25:03
you have to go as deep
as you possibly can.
:25:07
Then you have
to gather yourself
:25:09
and say, "Okay, I just broke
the surface deeper still."
:25:18
You know, Rothman...
:25:25
when I came back
from this war,
:25:28
l came back to nothing.
:25:30
Really nothing.
:25:32
No homeland,
:25:34
no home,
:25:37
no parents,
no family,
:25:40
no fiancee,
:25:43
no profession,
no job,
:25:46
no food,
:25:49
no closet full of...
:25:51
old hockey sticks
and tennis rackets.
:25:55
Not even an address.
:25:57
All I have in this world
:25:59
is the conviction