Awesome parallelism Nev! I will take that with me and mull over it for a bit. Or perhaps bury it in the backyard and chew on it at a suitable time! Cheers. Rik.
A wonderful write Strindberg would be proud. naturalism or mysticism, either way it fits. The old fight between free will and determinism. Such a ring of duality, almost Taoist.
Probably both, having had to interact with similar savant personalities, there are indications of both. But I’m no expert there. And I’m quite fine and accustomed to being pretty ‘dull’ as well; so no loss there at all.
Prior to here, he was a playwright, after, he is by all accounts a "polymath" - the 'accounts' being a lengthy Wikipedia article.
I'd vote for him - seems he lead a chequered life, and had no trouble being vocal about his society, all and anything he distrusted. A searcher for truth - whether he found it or not is in many ways irrelevant.
Your poem is reflective of that I feel.
Let me know if I've misread.
That brought the postulate further abroad! Thanks Dave. This poem sublimates his person and work to a kind of poetic freedom-of-speech and dialogue to arrive at truth and not a clinical quest but of poetical expression from varying points of view, hence the freedom in the voicing. And yes, whether he found it or not is besides the point when he was able to express his journey and continue the conversation even by means of poetic licence.
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Quasimodo had his 'bells' Strindberg had 'his powers'
Awesome parallelism Nev! I will take that with me and mull over it for a bit. Or perhaps bury it in the backyard and chew on it at a suitable time! Cheers. Rik.
Good write CB. I'm not up to date with this Strindberg fella.
He's a Swede and probably was famous in the continent.
A wonderful write Strindberg would be proud. naturalism or mysticism, either way it fits. The old fight between free will and determinism. Such a ring of duality, almost Taoist.
Good to know Soren. I wasn’t really sure what to make of him except for a sliver of his work.
I wonder if Strindberg knew he was slightly different from the rest of us. In saying that, he probably thought us as a pretty dull lot.
Probably both, having had to interact with similar savant personalities, there are indications of both. But I’m no expert there. And I’m quite fine and accustomed to being pretty ‘dull’ as well; so no loss there at all.
Prior to here, he was a playwright, after, he is by all accounts a "polymath" - the 'accounts' being a lengthy Wikipedia article.
I'd vote for him - seems he lead a chequered life, and had no trouble being vocal about his society, all and anything he distrusted. A searcher for truth - whether he found it or not is in many ways irrelevant.
Your poem is reflective of that I feel.
Let me know if I've misread.
That brought the postulate further abroad! Thanks Dave. This poem sublimates his person and work to a kind of poetic freedom-of-speech and dialogue to arrive at truth and not a clinical quest but of poetical expression from varying points of view, hence the freedom in the voicing. And yes, whether he found it or not is besides the point when he was able to express his journey and continue the conversation even by means of poetic licence.
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