LIFE LESSONS
DAVID PLANTE
AS TOLD TO BEN KELLY
PHOTOGRAPHY: EUPHROSENE DOXIATIS
I STARTED KEEPING DIARIES WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD, DURING MY FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE, AND I’VE KEPT IT EVER SINCE. I USE MANY NOTEBOOKS, AMOUNTING TO MILLIONS OF WORDS.
I’VE NEVER HAD ANALYSIS OR THERAPY OF ANY KIND, SO I USE MY DIARY AND I NEVER HESITATE ABOUT PUTTING ANYTHING IN IT. MY MEMORY ACTUALLY NOW EXISTS OUTSIDE MYSELF.