Franz Kafka

Tamir asks whether Kafka's absurdity parallels their talk of enigmas. Tyler describes Kafka as crippled by his father yet turning pain into art, a 'special species of happiness', and says Kafka taught him to see the black humor in darkness.

Where it appears 2

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  merchant of masksEp 6 · with Logan Macnair

  Tamir cites a line attributed to Kafka about life as a costume party, and admits it may be a false attribution.

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  don't pretend you aren't confusedEp 1 · with Tyler Dorchester

Connections

Wrote

• Letter to His Father

Words spoken

• I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party and I attended with my real face.Franz Kafka (attributed; quoted by Tamir Barzilai) · Ep 6 · 13:39

Related

• Absurdity

Explored through

• Pain turned into artTyler Dorchester · Ep 1 · 1:19:51

  Kafka never resolved his pain, but turning it into art was his 'special species of happiness'; even unresolved suffering can leave something beautiful.

Referenced by

• Dark stories hold the profound lessonsTamir Barzilai · Ep 1 · 1:21:28

  Most songs are about love, heartbreak or sex, but great books are drawn to darkness, and inside the darkness, if you look, is black humor that teaches you how to survive.

• It taught me to kind of laugh while my feet are on fire.Tyler Dorchester · Ep 1 · 1:22:17