Tim Dillon on Lex Fridman Podcast #156

Tim Dillon | Lex Fridman Podcast #156

“…Illustrate larger truths about life, with what you do…”

Tim said this about what he hopes he’s doing as a comic, while acknowledging a larger point of; people shouldn’t be taking him & other comics that seriously. Now, I get where he’s coming from in terms of not wanting that level of responsibility thrust on him (especially if it wasn’t asked for) but I share Lex’s view on why he and others do take comics so seriously. And I don’t mean in an ultra P.C.-cancel culture sort of way. I mean in a reverential sort of way. Looking to them for “answers,” so as far as there are any. Placing them on a pedestal.

They are the front line, last strong hold for freedom of speech and expression. They have an uncanny ability to perceive reality, dissect it and present it to the rest of us in ways that relieve us of the veils we’ve wrapped around our own perceptions. It’s my hope that through my own writing that I can some day emulate that ability to illustrate larger truths about life, through my expressions.

~ Thursday 02.25.2021 @ 2:50pm