By twisting the everyday into weirder and more ambiguous shapes, Cooper seeks to root out
deeper psychological truths and provide deadpan commentary on our contemporary world.
Not exact matches
The
deeper I look into myself the more clearly I become aware of this
psychological truth: that no man would lift his little finger to attempt the smallest task unless he were spurred on by a more or less obscure conviction that in some infinitesimally tiny way he is contributing, at least indirectly, to the building up of something permanent — in other words, to your own work, Lord.
Setting such moments in a fantasy context makes it possible to explore
psychological and social
truths at a more playful but also perhaps at a
deeper level than in realistic fiction.