Hm, yeah, I do feel like it requires a certain taste, that it just doesn't resonate with me--which makes me also not want to say anything negative, because that seems undeserved for something so obviously skilled. But like...when it comes to works of art, whatever mix of 'purely' aesthetic and other sensibilities may be part of one's taste/standards/whatev, I am kind of picky. Excepting maybe pathos-filled 'junk food' books, movies, etc. (and I don't really read much/any of that sort of thing anymore, so it's hard to say), there isn't a lot I get into, and less that I really find worthwhile. If you want to write something that is so deeply packed with universal meaning that I/anyone would have to simply be dense not to get it, I admire your ambition, but it could also be said that your expectations are quite high, even arrogant. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but you don't have to be so hard on yourself.
I have to go to a wedding on Saturday, but otherwise I'm free.
Did I ever tell you the Augustine quote I adore?
"Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good."
(Latin: "dilige et quod vis fac."; falsely often: "ama et fac quod vis." Translation by Professor Joseph Fletcher: Love and then what you will, do.)
It seems to work for me even for loves like 'philosophy' is a love of wisdom.
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Date: 2010-07-15 02:43 pm (UTC)I have to go to a wedding on Saturday, but otherwise I'm free.
Did I ever tell you the Augustine quote I adore?
"Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good."
(Latin: "dilige et quod vis fac."; falsely often: "ama et fac quod vis."
Translation by Professor Joseph Fletcher: Love and then what you will, do.)
It seems to work for me even for loves like 'philosophy' is a love of wisdom.