H: Do you know yourself?
K: As much as any human being does.
No, the human heart is unknowable. That's the point. Only what is lost can be found. One cannot lose what one has not possessed.
I can lose what I want. I want you.
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Once more, dear b, it's such a comfort to go away and come back and find you've been thinking and writing in your usual way all that time. In fact, I've decided that going away is altogether a bad thing - how will I be able to find time to catch up with your Blog?
Which Tarkovsky film was this quote from? Solaris? (Did you see the re-make of that, btw? It was terrible - and completely pointless.)
C, how's mum?
yes, going away is always, always a bad idea.
quotes from Solaris and G. Hill.
hopefully showing Solaris to the students later on (will probably bore the socks off them). Have also been asked to speak on it. So, here's the problem: I found it quite mysterious and really think -if you like it-you have to make ur own way through it: explanation would kill it. Having said that, I have been reading up on it and I've got my notes from his wonderful 'Sculpting in Time'.
now that i think of it..this idea of weightlessness is probably key..or one of the key moments: not just of love, but in the tension between the desire to return to the bonds that weigh us down, that tie us to earth and to each other (like the ropes of a balloon)and the need or desire for escape (from others, oneself, God...tillich has this great chapter on 'whither shall i flee?')
so, perhaps i should bring in calvino's wonderful essay in lightness? have u read it? it's in his six essays for the millennium.
if u have any notes/thoughts...please do pass them along.
nope, haven't seen it. i find it difficult watching remakes [gosh, that makes me sound slightly neurotic! :-) ]
so, the original planet of the apes, the original Poseidon adventure, Devdas, etc.
oh, btw, hi1 :-))
bogged down with writing this crappy learning outcomes assessment thing. got to run.
ciao,
b.
you will speak on Solaris? wow! where? how come? :-)
(i bet you were glad to see me off the Black Sun for a while, i mean rather comment-silent - now that i am back, the questions are back as well :-P)
no, not wow..just an informal talk to some students...any ideas/ readings/thoughts/reflections? ..read something which said it is like, in some ways, ugetsu. which made me laugh. i still haven't seen it (sorry!)
yes, where have you been? If you or any of your close ones have been unwell I hope they're better now.
but, roxana, if it wasn't for the comments and questions of readers there would be no black sun.
in fact, i was -believe it or not-about to wrote a post called 'the natural death of blogging' and write about how this isn't much fun with comment-ers. Spooky! But, then again, you are a woman! ;-)
hi! :-)
b.
:-)
The Aged One has, not exactly BOUNCED back, but is holding her own very well. Wounded leg will take a long, long time to heal but she's remarkably phlegmatic about it. So, big sigh of relief....
Will confer with Vaseema re Solaris - her MA thesis was on Tarkovsky. But I tend to agree that, as with most Tarkovsky films, you must 'find your own way through'. Remember 'Stalker'? Make of it what you will. The journey will be entirely your own - with or without the Guide.
Sense of needing to be 'grounded' but yet not to feel trapped: yes, the age-old dilemma.
Haven't read that Calvino - must get it. Reading a brilliant book by Noel Annan titled 'The Dons' Subtitled 'Eccentrics, Mentors, Geniuses. Fascinating portraits of memorable Oxbridge characters - e. Maurice Bowra, Dadie Rylands,Isaiah Berlin and many, many others.
Next up: Richard Yates: 'Revolutionary Road.' Tu Sais?
Ciao
C
C, glad to hear that.
the book you mentioned sounds fascinating..has got great reviews as well. Never did read any Bowra..the dougal's got a lovely copy of the greek experience (unless I'm mixing him up with someone else). Have you seen this online series: a life of learning? the great peter brown's reflections can be found there.
At the moment I'm reading something which is tangentially related: 'the decline of the public' by David Marquan and Tony Judt's 'Ill fares the Land'.
60 pages into Exley's 'Fan's notes' and , to be honest, so far it hasn't struck me as a classic. Much trumpeted by Richard Ford so maybe it will get better. Still have 'Stoner' in reserve and fresh supplies are on their way: a biography of Hans Jonas (hopefully)and some poetry. Let's see. At this stage it's more important that I get some sun-dried tomatoes.
the biographies are piling up,actually. Khair..let's see. Trying to come over in Dec/Jan.
Take care, c.
b.
that should be marquand.
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