In short, we give more value to works that, from an entirely subjective perspective, generate a greater impact. This is the only parameter that really matters to us. It also seems to be the fairest, since it is independent of our predispositions. We cannot control what a work is capable of generating in us, and from this we realize that we can do nothing about its power. So, in the last instance, all that is needed in our judgment is sincerity to admit how much a work has been able to transform us.
Tag: literature
Even If They Seem Full of Absurdities…
There are lines that, even if they seem full of absurdities, lead our thoughts to very interesting and sometimes unexplored areas. For this reason, it is good that we encourage the exploration of the nonsense: from it we occasionally extract the unprecedented and unexpected, and we may reach surprising destinations, even if this was not the intention of the author in our company. Does it make a difference? Apparently not…
One Avoids Much Frustration…
One avoids much frustration by remembering that art is also mostly made up of mediocre men, with mediocre inclinations, who learned artistic technique as they would learn to fly a kite or play Sudoku. Thus, the majority distinguish themselves only superficially, when in essence they have nothing superior. So to expect, in each work, the discovery of an extraordinary spirit is simply unreasonable. It is precisely because they are rare that great artists deserve special appreciation.
If It Is Necessary for the Writer to Establish a Link…
If it is necessary for the writer to establish a link with his time, he can only do so by living it. It is inevitable… no matter how hard one tries, one cannot feel a past or future time as those who have lived or will live in it have felt and will feel it. Therefore, one can only have a notion of a distant time, and a notion entirely dependent on the degree to which the writer felt it in the flesh to then describe it to us. In this way, living his own time can be seen by the writer as a mission for the benefit of those who have not yet been born, and therefore it is perfectly possible, and even necessary, for him to find meaning in that which seems unpleasant and importunate: only in this way can he be useful and indispensable to those who will come.