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Wysłany: Pią 22:18, 04 Mar 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published ccaaidrd |
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seemhe always appeared to me not only practicalbut
immensely matter-of-fact. I suppose his life during this period was
romanticbut he certainly saw no romance in it. It may be that in order
to realise the romance of life you must have something of the actor in you;
andcapable of standing outside yourselfyou must be able to watch your
actions with an interest at once detached and absorbed. But no one was
more single-minded than Strickland. I never knew anyone who was less
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self-conscious. But it is unfortunate that I can give no description of the
arduous steps by which he reached such mastery over his art as he ever
acquired; for if I could show him undaunted by failureby an unceasing
effort of courage holding despair at baydoggedly persistent in the face of
self-doubtwhich is the artist's bitterest enemyI might excite some
sympathy for a personality whichI am all too consciousmust appear
singularly devoid of charm. But I have nothing to go on. I never once
saw Strickland at worknor do I know that anyone else did. He kept the
secret of his struggles to himself. If in the loneliness of his studio he
wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never al [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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