I am currently reading A MOVEABLE FEAST, and typically read a Hemingway book every ten years or so…not because I like his books, but because he is part of the generation who... moreI am currently reading A MOVEABLE FEAST, and typically read a Hemingway book every ten years or so…not because I like his books, but because he is part of the generation who “lost faith in the central institutions of Western civilizations” after World War I...and I want to know about that.
So please tell me, what have you read of Hemingway, what is your impression of him, his writing?
I've never read it but from time-to-time see it quoted as a source for various subjects far beyond the entertainment industry. What's YOUR experience? Is it a trustworthy or is soc... moreI've never read it but from time-to-time see it quoted as a source for various subjects far beyond the entertainment industry. What's YOUR experience? Is it a trustworthy or is social and political commentary beyond its scope?
An excerpt: To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, kno... moreAn excerpt: To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the party was the guardian of democracy, to forget, whatever it was necessary to forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed, and then promptly to forget it again, and above all, to apply the same process to the process itself—that was the ultimate subtlety: consciously to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed. Even to understand the word “doublethink” involved the use of doublethink. less
Once I know the ending there is no mystery. With poems it is the beauty of the words themselves and what they convey that is pleasing. One never tires of that. Similarly with movie... moreOnce I know the ending there is no mystery. With poems it is the beauty of the words themselves and what they convey that is pleasing. One never tires of that. Similarly with movies even if you know how it ends the characters themselves are multilayered and each time you see the movie you notice something else. How many times have YOU read favorite books?
Is there one purpose or many of them? If you are a multi-purpose person how do you decide how to prioritize them? Do you go by order of importance, order of its occurring to ... moreIs there one purpose or many of them? If you are a multi-purpose person how do you decide how to prioritize them? Do you go by order of importance, order of its occurring to you or something else? How many purposes( purpi?) have you achieved? When you achieve some do you put more on your list or does the list finally get empty so you are purpose-free?
American writer Thomas Wolfe once said "Ecclesiastes is the greatest single piece of writing I have ever known and the wisdom expressed in it the most lasting and profound". The By... moreAmerican writer Thomas Wolfe once said "Ecclesiastes is the greatest single piece of writing I have ever known and the wisdom expressed in it the most lasting and profound". The Byrds wrote a song called "Turn Turn Turn" which included some lines from it. Abraham Lincoln used a line in one of his speeches from it. "One generation passeth away and another generation cometh but the earth abideth forever. What follows is Ecclesiastes 3.1-3.8 and it isn't really religious per se. I think Atheists wouldn't object to it. "To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the sun. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to break down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to dance. A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to get and a time to lose. A time to keep an... less
Anne McCaffrey wrote a book of short stories she named "Get of the Dragon" but it was published as "Get Off the Dragon". Why? Because the copy setter have never heard "get" used in... moreAnne McCaffrey wrote a book of short stories she named "Get of the Dragon" but it was published as "Get Off the Dragon". Why? Because the copy setter have never heard "get" used in the sense that it means offspring or progeny. He "corrected" her spelling and she let it stand.
It could be a parent, a sporting star, a performer, a successful business person. Is there somebody who has had an impact on your life and inspired you to push yourself harder?
Rudyard Kipling said that if he didn't use purple ink on green paper his "daemon" wouldn't talk to him. Is there anything you do when you want to be creative?
