We read a handful of coeval poems and we realize: punctuation is broken, capital letters are dispensed with, verses are often short, and the effect seems to depend on the aesthetics and on solitary words as units of meaning. The truth is that interesting effects are drawn from such techniques, already widely explored… These half irrational, half exotic and apparently sloppy constructions suggest a kind of ecstasy; but it seems that the most drastic change, as far as technique is concerned, is that the poems have become visual pieces. Although dependent on words, they have sound as secondary, and are meant to be read, or rather visualized—never recited. It is true: we find one or another alliteration, one or another parallelism; but these poems were not intended to be rhythmic constructions. We have to admit: even if sometimes they lack technique, in many of them we find genius—which is undoubtedly superior…
It Is Admirable to See the Author Who Interweaves…
Although it is not possible to say that there is such a thing as an ideal narrative method, it is admirable to see the author who interweaves sounds and images, actions and thoughts, as if stimulating our whole imaginative apparatus. Such a balance gives a stimulating dynamic to the lines we read, and it seems that a great part of the effects of the work derives from these variations that make the singularities more salient. A static, descriptive scene is followed by a sudden action, which leads to reflections, and so on; that is to say: each passage ends up emphasized in contrast with the previous and the following one; and, perhaps, this is something positive for the whole.
Even Though One May Live Thoughtfully…
Even though one may live thoughtfully, and try to plan one’s actions so that it never comes out unthinkingly, and even though there may be great merit in doing so, there are moments when all thought and planning is supplanted by an impulse that arises as a necessity. And to note that this often proves to be fruitful! Sometimes, it is precisely in this impulse that an entire trajectory is defined, and from it the best fruits are derived. The mind, in this logic that borders on the irrational, seems to suggest that a long and silent work preceded its meticulously calculated burst. And then, let it burst…
Economics Seems Like a Problem So Logical…
When we read some economists, economics seems like a problem so logical and so simple that it really scares the stupidity of those who govern it in the real world. Today, there are more than enough historical examples of economic measures that have proven to be fruitful or disastrous, so that, in the vast majority of cases, or rather, as far as macroeconomic guidelines are concerned, there could be no doubt about how one who intends prosperity should act. But then, theoretical pragmatism seems absolutely inapplicable to reality, in which the most diverse interests, some mean, some naive, perverse or irresponsible, are placed in the foreground, to the detriment of that already weakened and distant objective that should guide all economic measures. The conclusion is only one: the human element makes any equation unfeasible.