Perception is key.
+..post punk +..la punk +.. deconstructed club Hunger for a Way Out by Sweeping Promises + ALPHABETLAND by X + MALTA ORLATA by NOT399093 Pirtnieks don’t struggle with such arcane questions, because they know from the experience of a thousand saunas that everyone feels the claustrophobia and panic from extreme heat in the same way. They know that cold brings relief to people on the edge. For them, the ultimate question isn’t about the nature of hot or cold, but is perhaps better understood as the contrast between opposing sensations. In this superheated chamber, they don’t need language to communicate with the two Americans on their cedar benches. Sensation is everything. They’re shamans because they feel what we feel. Carney, Scott.