It is curious to note that hatred consecrates more often than love. And it is curious to note how human stinginess initiates and closes the arc of the artistic work: it motivates aggression and whips the aggressor. I wonder if there is art among angels. Perhaps. But being man as he is, earthly art can never be different from what it always was. And envy and hatred will be forever, on earth, the medals awarded to the progenitor of great art.
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Few instincts are as pernicious to social relations and especially to the personality of the artist as the desire for agreement. Firstly, because this is a manifestation of vanity. Secondly, because of the natural implications: useless discussions, free antipathies and strengthening of attachment to one’s own ideas. All this is poison for someone who wants to cultivate friendly relationships and, worse, to give rise to artistic work. Living with the dissident is not only mandatory, but the world is better because two people do not think alike. And about the artist: what does he have to do with the opinion of others or with his own opinion? Wishing to agree will make him an egocentric, blinkered, inclined to use art to adorn his own convictions. As an artist, he will inevitably fail, since the desire for concordance is a stain that, in contact with art, impregnates and does not come out.
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I opened The Picture of Dorian Gray with great expectancy. The reason is that Oscar Wilde was one of the most intriguing personalities in history. I remember the words of Carpeaux: “His life was the work of genius; and to genius society has always paid dearly for the uniqueness of his nature”. So I opened the book, eager for the manifestation of genius. I found it. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel that can only be written by a great artist. To begin, with the plot: the story is instigating from the first to the last chapter. The three main characters in the book are very well developed; friends, they represent conflicting faces of a genius mind. Morals are put to the test, art in evidence, social relationships in check and psychological dramas in spark. Basil Hallward, like few others, portrays the personality of an artist. Lord Henry Wotton is a character with impressive vivacity. And Dorian Gray develops into an ingenious arc drawn by Wilde. The work is characterized by courage and psychological acuity: the author does not write in chains, he does not fear rejection. And so he manages to express himself with sincerity and power, delivering unique and real characters. It is obvious: Oscar Wilde will remain slandered forever. But he will never cease to be what he was: a great artist.
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Knowledge compares to compound interest. Of these Einstein said, “the 8th wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it, he who doesn’t, pays it“. In both cases, the ascent is linked to time and occurs exponentially, i. e., the greater the distance traveled, the greater the acceleration. Scabrous obstacles, with time, become easily overcome, and the momentary possibilities will never represent the future. There is, of course, the caveat: whether in knowledge or in compound interest, progress is conditioned to reinversion.
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