Laurie Anderson: No Time for Nostalgia or Schlumping
The New York Times Sunday Magazine features a short interview with Laurie Anderson, who has just completed a stint at NASA as artist in residence, a $20,000/year position that will no longer exist. The interview is short, and the interviewer's questions aren't exactly provocative (I mean does she really think that Anderson worries about wrinkles?), but Laurie displays her comic sensibility with some straightforward one-liners.
My favorites...
Q: Have you ever been psychoanalyzed?
A: No. I started a couple of times, but then I had to leave for the airport.
Q: At 57, do you worry about aging and wrinkles?
A: Not really. I think some prunish people look pretty good. I am more worried about turning into a schlump than into a prune.
Q: Do you find this to be a schumpy era compared with the 80's, when you were part of a creatively inspired New York art scene?
A: I don't miss the 80's. I don't miss anything right now. I have zero time for nostalgia.
My favorites...
Q: Have you ever been psychoanalyzed?
A: No. I started a couple of times, but then I had to leave for the airport.
Q: At 57, do you worry about aging and wrinkles?
A: Not really. I think some prunish people look pretty good. I am more worried about turning into a schlump than into a prune.
Q: Do you find this to be a schumpy era compared with the 80's, when you were part of a creatively inspired New York art scene?
A: I don't miss the 80's. I don't miss anything right now. I have zero time for nostalgia.
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