Thursday

Andrei Platonov

"A new consciousness is emerging in my work. I know that one cannot reorient oneself just like that: sit down, ponder, and be reborn. Reorientation occurs as the result of coming up against reality. Some perish, while others are reborn. Most likely, reorientation depends on the material at hand, and not simply on ideological purpose. Literature, after all, needs not only a proletarian ideology, but flesh, and blood, and an alluring heart."

published in Harper's Magazine, Vol. 310, No 1859, April 2005, pg 26.

1 comment:

Prairie Grown said...

An alluring heart...
Mmm...

If Alluring and Heart were real people they would be in a sacred partnership. They would probably hang out with Playful and Banter. Another incredible couple worth knowing. A moment brought to you by quirky.