DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN WRITER

DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN WRITER

THOMAS AQUINAS'S THEORY OF BEAUTY

THREE THINGS ARE NEEDED FOR BEAUTY

1: WHOLENESS

2: HARMONY

3: RADIANCE

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PETER'S DICTUM

"ALL ART CONSTANTLY ASPIRES TO THE CONDITION OF MUSIC."

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JAMES JOYCE'S SETTINGS-TOPICS-ISSUES-PREOCCUPATIONS WHICH DROVE HIM

ON TO HIS MATERIAL FOR HIS MASTERPIECE, ULYSSES

CITY

POLITICS

LITERARY POLITICS

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL 

MUSIC

SOCIAL COMEDY

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES

MARRIAGE BOND

TIES OF PRESENT AND PAST

REALISM AND SYMBOLISM

VERBAL FELICITY

VIVACIOUS AND LIVELY

LULLING AND INCANTATORY

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TAKE THE THREADS WITH THIS ONE STORY, "THE DEAD." IS MADE AND FOLLOW THEM.

"BAWDRY HAS LIBERATING QUALITY."

"PERCEPTION OF HUMAN CONDITION AS A STATE OF EXILE." JOYCE

JAMES JOYCE IS A MASTER BECAUSE OF THE RICH TEXTURE AND MASTERY OF HIS

 WORK

IT'S RELIGIOUS SENSE OF MASTERY AND UNITY OF LIFE, IT'S CONVICTION OF THE

VALIDITY OF MYTH IN INTERPRETING THAT MYSTERYAND IT'S PERCEPTION OF THE

HUMAN CONDITION AS A STATE OF EXILE.

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"IT'S SOMETHING FAILS US.

FIRST WE FEEL.

THEN WE FAIL."  JOYCE

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"DARE AND ENDURE

ENDURE AND DARE." BS

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"CONTACTS WITH THE ELEMENTS OR

PRIMITIVE FORCES CONSTRAINTS US

TO OVERCOME THE FEARS AND MEANNESS WHICH

ARE PART OF HUMAN NATURE."     Anonymous? ormaybe Ernest Junger?

exploration of his own dreams, life, intense poetic realization of hidden in ourselves,

basic experiences, 

"CHAOS AND NOTHINGNESS AND THE MEANS OF OVERCOMING IT

AND WITH VALUES TO SET AGAINST IT."  ?

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"CHAOS AND NOTHINGNESS CAN'T GO AWAY

BUT FOR SURE CAN BE POSTPONED FOR THE DAY

BY DOING SOMETHING YOU REALLY LOVE TO DO

THAT WOULD KEEP CHAOS AND LONELINESS

AWAY FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY ND THEN THE NEXT

DAY AND THE NEXT..."  BS

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"YOU MUST BE UN-NERVED BY EVERY OCCASION AND BY EVERYBODY-

OTHERWISE YOU WILL DESTROY YOURSELF AT EVERY MOMENT OF THE DAY

AND BY EVERYONE YOU ENCOUNTER. PREPARE YOURSELF IN ADVANCE TO

BE TOTALLY UN-NERVED BY EVERY ATROCITY."  BS

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"RUBBLE OF TE PAST."   ?

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"HAVE THAT SMILE ON ALWAYS FOR IRRITANT PEOPLE.

THAT SMILE ONE MUST RESERVE FOR ANYONE-WHO CAN BE A

SOURCE OF ANNOYANCE OF ONE KIND OR OTHER.

THAT SMILE, SCEPTICLE, TOLERANT, LANGUIDLY AMUSED."  ?

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EMPTINESS OF THE DAY

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EMPTINESS OF THE AFTERNOON

OF  THE EVENING

OF THE NIGHT...

HOW TO FILL IT/

TRY

TRY-TRY YOUR BEST TO DO SOMETHING

ANYTHING WHICH INTEREST YOU

ANYTHING  WHICH YOU LIKE

WHICH YOU LOVE

WHICH YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT

TALK ABOUT

LAUGH ABOUT

REMEMBER

REMEMBER THINGS YOU LOVE

REMEMBER THINGS YOU LOVED

REMEMBER THINGS YOU LOST

MEMORIES ARE THE SOURCE OF SORROW

REMEMBER ANY WAY

TRY TO MAKE THEM PlEASANT

LIKE, PLEASANT, PLEASURABLE COMPANIONS..BS

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'REVENANT: SOME MYSTERIOUS THING COMING FROM THE PAST

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"THE PAST BEATS INSIDE ME LIKE A SECOND HEART."  John Banville's book, the sea

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AGONISED INARTICULACY

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"THIS SAFAR

THIS JOURNEY

HAD TO BE MADE

A JOURNEY WHICH IS NOT A REAL JOURNEY

BUT IT IS OF IMPORTANCE OF SOME KIND.

WHY AM I HEADING THIS WAY?

IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE...

I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON

I WAS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION

BUT PERHAPS THE WRONG DIRECTION

OR A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WAS MEANT TO BE

PERHAPS THE WRONG DIRECTION WAS THE RIGHT ONE?

PERHAPS NO ONE REALLY KNOW THE ROAD WE END UP FOLLOWING

OR THE ROAD WE ARE ON UNKNOWINGLY IS THE RIGHT ROAD

OR THE WRONG ONE...

BUT I HAVE WALKED MILES NOWCAN'T GO BACK...

ALL THE ROAD IN THAT DIRECTION HAVE VANISHED

WHERE IS THAT I AM GOING TO GO?

BCKWARD?

FORWARD?

THE FORWARD ROADS ARE OCCUPIED

THE BACKWARD ROADS ARE DESTROYED

WHERE IS THAT I SHOULD GO?

wHERE IS THAT I WANT TO GO?"        BS

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"LIFE IS VERY CRUEL

OR ONE IS VERY CRUAL TOWARDS LIFE

WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S ONLY ONE LIFE

AND RATHER A SHORT LIFE

AND WE STILL BEHAVE

AS IF IT'S OUR ENEMY

AND WE TREAT IT ABOMINABLY

IT IS NOT OUR LIFE WHICH IS CRUEL

IT'S OUR OWN CRUELTY WHICH SOAKS

IT INTO AN UNBLESSED AND A MISERABLE STATE.

BE A LOVER TO YOUR LIFE

NOT EVEN A GOOD FRIEND

BUT A SWEETHEART OF A LOVER.

REMEMBER THAT FROM NOW ON...

IT DOESN'T HELP

ALWAYS BEING A MOANER

IT DOESN'T HELP AT ALL

TRUST ME...

I HAVE BEEN A MOANER ALL MY LIFE

NOTHING BUT SELF MUTILATION...

MUTILATION OF THE SOUL

AND DESTRUCTION OF A GIFT

LIFE, MY LIFE, MINE AND ONLY MINE...

MAKE THE BEST OF YOURSELF AND OF THE WORLD

FROM NOW ON....   BS

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"NAGGED AT ME STRIDENTLY." ?

"SUMPTOUS."

"BYZENTINE COPPER AND GOLD

UNDER ENAMELLED BLUE."  ?

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FRAGRANCE OF LIFE

WHEN YOU ARE MISERABLE

PEOPLE GET MIRTH

AND ENORMOUS ENJOYMENT OUT OF IT

BE NOT MISERABLE

OR DON'T LET THEM KNOW

FRAGRANCE OF LIFE...?

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