heart of darkness
Sep. 15th, 2003 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elvendolli had a really hard time starting the book. i took issue with the tone - with books of/"by" sailors having an overly eloquent tone, wordy sentences - in my head, sailors are commoners or are down to earth, and neither subset would talk like that.
a bit over halfway through, it grew on me. my disappointment with faust (part 1) and demian was that they alluded to characters possessing greater/higher knowledge, but, at least to me, were unable to show that, vs. telling. heart of darkness showed me.
it also gave me a glimpse into the lustre of power.
i never understood it before.
to me, 'life is what you make of it', but sometimes, it takes a whole lot of effort to construct the circumstances that allow you to make a particual situation/feeling you're craving.
with this, i saw that wielding power allows you ease to create what you will; with power, less effort goes into the construction because there is less vulnerability, less at stake, less, proportionally, to be lost by taking a liberty.
also, i'm glad i skipped yoga.
i'm going to write my one pager on jekyll and hyde tomorrow at lunch, i'm a little too braindead for it now, but, once i finish up here and wash dishes, i'll have a decent night of sleep.
a bit over halfway through, it grew on me. my disappointment with faust (part 1) and demian was that they alluded to characters possessing greater/higher knowledge, but, at least to me, were unable to show that, vs. telling. heart of darkness showed me.
it also gave me a glimpse into the lustre of power.
i never understood it before.
to me, 'life is what you make of it', but sometimes, it takes a whole lot of effort to construct the circumstances that allow you to make a particual situation/feeling you're craving.
with this, i saw that wielding power allows you ease to create what you will; with power, less effort goes into the construction because there is less vulnerability, less at stake, less, proportionally, to be lost by taking a liberty.
also, i'm glad i skipped yoga.
i'm going to write my one pager on jekyll and hyde tomorrow at lunch, i'm a little too braindead for it now, but, once i finish up here and wash dishes, i'll have a decent night of sleep.
