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The Private Journals of Edvard Munch: We Are Flames Which Pour Out of the Earth by Edvard Munch
4.0
"If seeking old places
and memories
It is like stepping
in one’s own
tracks in the snow—
one breaks them up and
destroys them—
—One will also stand guard
over memories"
At it's strongest moments it uses the constraint of this style to say something very penetrating in this fragmented manner. At it's worse (which is essentially the middle half out the book) he is goes into tedious detail about things, essentially fighting against his own style rather than just writing in prose.
During this portion it's quite literally just a journal and isn't interesting.
The last half picks back up where he starts writing about his feelings on art.
and memories
It is like stepping
in one’s own
tracks in the snow—
one breaks them up and
destroys them—
—One will also stand guard
over memories"
At it's strongest moments it uses the constraint of this style to say something very penetrating in this fragmented manner. At it's worse (which is essentially the middle half out the book) he is goes into tedious detail about things, essentially fighting against his own style rather than just writing in prose.
During this portion it's quite literally just a journal and isn't interesting.
The last half picks back up where he starts writing about his feelings on art.
Clanbook: Toreador Revised by Heather Grove
"The Beast is our thwarted death, lashing out by seeking the destruction of everything worthwhile. What, then, can we say of this strange urge that holds us transfixed by the most common of sights? What is it that shows us the beauty that was hidden before? ...
Every moment we spend engaged in the stuff of life — making something that lasts, learning something unknown, opening ourselves to the touch of another’s art — makes our human element stronger."
I found this to be pretty insightful not just about the toreador but life in general, suprisingly deep.
It really comes together half way through, 'aesthetic unveiled '. Where it talks about the embrace and the internal logic of toreador culture. One of the stronger clan novels.
"It can be difficult, when faced with such pleasures, to remember that staying in touch with humanity means staying in touch with its pains as well as its pleasures."
Every moment we spend engaged in the stuff of life — making something that lasts, learning something unknown, opening ourselves to the touch of another’s art — makes our human element stronger."
I found this to be pretty insightful not just about the toreador but life in general, suprisingly deep.
It really comes together half way through, 'aesthetic unveiled '. Where it talks about the embrace and the internal logic of toreador culture. One of the stronger clan novels.
"It can be difficult, when faced with such pleasures, to remember that staying in touch with humanity means staying in touch with its pains as well as its pleasures."
Fra Contadini Di Errico Malatesta by Errico Malatesta
Nestor Makhno was right about this guy, he was too idealist