The classic, most frequent and most shared drama among writers is the desperate longing for freedom, which is hindered by the impossibility of achieving it through writing. That is to say: the awareness of the sense of mission, the burning desire to achieve it, but the natural and characteristic obstacle of the profession, which can only be exercised with complete dedication with a lot of luck or hard work. There is no escaping this fate, but perhaps thanks to it, writing still endures today as an authentic vocation.
Tag: behavior
This Instinctive Repulsion…
This instinctive repulsion, this irrational dislike of something or someone, often proves to be more reasonable than the most meticulous reasoning. It is very curious to have this manifestation, perhaps motivated by the most atavistic survival instinct, which generates a warning about what there is no reason to be suspicious of. And then, over and over again, follow it to later relieve the mistake not made—and be impressed by this mysterious ability…
This Behavioral Tendency of Man Towards…
This behavioral tendency of man towards his contemporaries is very peculiar: at the same time that he is unimpressed with, when he does not despise, the truly extraordinary, he endorses and praises everything that makes up the range from the mediocre to the truly despicable. That is why one can never trust a contemporaneous judgment on anything, at the risk of embarking on the most scandalous frauds and injustices. We always have to wait for history to dispassionately put everything in its proper place.
The Right to Disturb
In Brazilian society, the right to disturb prevails over the right not to be disturbed, which is fundamental to peaceful coexistence in the civilized world. In the civilized world, anyone who disturbs immediately ceases to be reasonable and is condemned by common sense; in the Brazilian jungle, woe betide anyone who thinks he has the right not to suffer frequent disturbances! It is said that in Tokyo, what is most surprising is the silence that permeates the busy avenues, the muteness of the huge buildings, the noise that does not emanate from commerce. A Brazilian dog, in Tokyo, seems destined to go mad.