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Jacob G-W's avatar

I really liked the narrative structure of this post!

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Andrew Wu's avatar

thanks!! :)

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janabel's avatar

yay andrew :)

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Andrew Wu's avatar

yay :D

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Espen Slettnes's avatar

what is your sense of self like; did becoming engulfed in playing holden's music, writing program notes for it, etc. make you feel more like being yourself?

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Andrew Wu's avatar

i thought about this for a while last night & today. i'm not actually 100% sure but i *think* that i actually felt less like myself. in fact, there was a sort of dissolution of the self that i believe often can occur when someone is fully invested into some sort of (life-overtaking) work - what self is there? there is just the music and the writing of words about the music. i actually point to this a bit in the may 2025 section, via removing the "I" from the sentences as the section accelerates.

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cyip's avatar

love you always so proud of you always

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Andrew Wu's avatar

love you too (always!)

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CJ Quines's avatar

what a lovely piece of writing!

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Andrew Wu's avatar

<3 ur the best

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laura gao's avatar

big year for u :)

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Andrew Wu's avatar

let every year from now on be a big one for me

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vincent huang's avatar

<3 GOOD JOB

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Andrew Wu's avatar

ty vincent :DDD

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