“Freudian bullshit. We seek out painful experiences on purpose, so we can numb ourselves, because what we actually want is to return to nothingness.” Brady had a mental image of his hand coming up out of a hanging chair, like a horror movie. “People seek out pain because they’re stupid, though.” That was the thing Brady had left art school understanding: people make complicated pieces of art to explain human behavior, when the real explanation is almost always assholishness.
