Anger I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they happen to strike me. E. B. White (1899–1985), U.S. author, editor. Interview in Writers at Work (Eighth Series, ed. by George Plimpton, 1988). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Passion Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within. George Meredith (1828–1909), English author. Modern Love, Sonnet 43 (1862). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Aesthetics I hate that aesthetic game of the eye and the mind, played by these connoisseurs, these mandarins who “appreciate” beauty. What is beauty, anyway? There’s no such thing. I never “appreciate,” any more than I “like.” I love or I hate. Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish artist. Quoted in: Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake, Life with Picasso, pt...
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a brand new beginning? or would there be a temptation to rediscover the past?
" And why insanity..."
" For you to see how fortunate you are."
" And why sanity..."
" For you to realize how unfortunate you are to be one of the fortunate ones."
syra, you don't to lose your mind or your memories to realize which you would choose. all you have to do is to put yourself in a situation where your memories and learned experiences are mostly irrelevant (so they might as well not have been there).
what situation might this be? different for different people. for me, it is sufficient to stand before a crowd and it makes me wonder whether i know myself and them. but i imagine being in an unfamiliar situation where you don't know what is expected of you, e.g. visit to a foreign land, being at a very formal dinner in the company of celebrities, etc. that should do the trick.
But my question is that since you remember nothing, there would be no inclination to dig into the past because you remember nothing and there are no feelings attached, no? Family and friends would seem to be as alien as strangers. It's all blank.
If I simulate the situation it seems scary since at the moment I know me and bear memories and feelings attached to people, likings, disliking etc. If all that is null, wouldn't it kill the urge to dig into the past too?
They do say its human nature to know.
Visit to a foreign land - gradually one tends to feel comfortable and settles in. The ease of it varies from person to person. btw with no memories, home land would be as foreign as any foreign land..it might make the tuning in process quicker.hmm
being at a very formal dinner in the company of celebrities -- yeheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :). I would be cool however in my superstar presence, the celebrities might feel shy :p
Jokes apart, if I remember nothing, the celebrities would appear to me like a stranger too but yes a formal lunch with unknown ppl might be a bit odd.