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"It's like... Part of me sees it as this thing that's so simple, and honest and organic, that's just about the expression of feelings. And then i see how hard everyone is trying to describe it and i just feel like it's been made into something that's complicated and hard to define, not cause it's hard to define, but because people need it to be hard to define. Like instead of saying 'everything' they try to figure out everything that is and justify that when it just is." 

I read a super rad article that solidified my opinion- because you know what? Everything is ultimately about feelings; stories are simply, and have been, a convenient and conventional way of portraying this. The article (Life in the Shit Factory, Darren O'Donnell) says:

"... stories are simply one tool among many. What theatre is really about - like any other form - is generating affect, and that's it. Feelings. And, if things go well, quickly following feelings will be thought."