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What does it mean?
McCarthy says he is stuck in complexity and cannot finish his story.
In plain terms
He finds life too complex to write the ending.
What can you take from it?
Complexity can stop you from completing your work.

Where it applies

  • creative block
  • personal reflection

Putting it to work

  • accepting unfinished work
  • pausing complex projects

Questions to consider

  • Why can you not finish?
  • What makes life too complex?

Another view

It may reflect fatigue rather than truth.

More from Eugene McCarthy

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  3. As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

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