She continued:
and the wish to review my life, which seemed to be drifting in predictable channels. I saw it as a little exercise in self-analysis. What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere. It is an art form in itself.
Self-analysis as an art form; it's a nice counter to Foucault. Clara reminds me here that AB is implicitly talking about art for art's sake. The comment neatly deconstructs the life / art, woman / man, private / public set of binary oppositions through which AB has been misread.
From the Hale interview.
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