Gday James

Not sure if this is automatic or not, but wanted to reply and compliment you and your work.

I discovered you recently on myth of the twentieth century, and am thoroughly enjoying going back through your interviews with them.

I'm a 27 year old NZ antipodean, and am attempting to confront a lot of issues that you raise re masculinity and general civilisational outlook. This is especially the case as it relates to violence, and the extreme pressure on men to not defend themselves, or confront those who insult them in their environment. Both the form and content of your perspective speaks to a part of myself that I've always known existed, but lacked the conceptual framework whereby I could understand it.

I'd returned to writing and begun boxing recently anyway, but your approach to these areas has invigorated my will in a way that is dearly held. Especially the confidence in your writing, and the lack of regard for dogma, or formalized approaches.

You're having an international impact sir, and I'm honored that you'd freely send a piece of your work.

Cheers for your time.

Jack

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024, 2:39 pm JL Bookstore,

Jack, I read this a couple of days back and saved it hoping that life would help back light your comments on boxing, dogma, writing and will, which I sensed at the time were more cohesive than I was picking up at the moment. i simply had an instinct that boxing and writing together are conjoined twins of the soul. A few days later I have returned home from a surprise dinner outing with a man who boxed long before we met and rejoined that fraternity after reading here, on this site. He brought along his absolutely beautiful woman with whom we had a nice ramble of conversation. Such interwoven narratives remind me that each boxing round is a chapter in a story of sorts.

Boxing and writing, for reasons I do not clearly understand, have coexisted in the same will more than any other physical and mental cultures. In both circles, the man from the mirror circle has increased credibility. Boxers have a high regard for the boxer who also writes. Likewise, writers have a higher regard for the writer who also boxes.

There is more here surely.

I will leave the subject hanging for the many boxers and many writers among the readership of this site to consider.

Thank you all for stepping out of time and visiting here.