"And “A Gun In The First Act” is obviously a Chekhov reference. I was also reading Richard Powers’ The Echo Maker. I really love how it talks about symbols, how they have the tendency to break down the true value of what they represent. Everything becomes a symbol for something else. A leaf falling from a tree means mortality instead of it just being this beautiful leaf." - Geoff
"And “A Gun In The First Act” is obviously a Chekhov reference. I was also reading Richard Powers’ The Echo Maker. I really love how it talks about symbols, how they have the tendency to break down the true value of what they represent. Everything becomes a symbol for something else. A leaf falling from a tree means mortality instead of it just being this beautiful leaf." - Geoff