‘Freedom is taken, never given’, says Gurdjieff. If there is one who controls us, rules us, regulates us, then no matter how long we wait, no matter how well we behave, no matter how compliant we are, we are never going to be given back our freedom. Hell will freeze…| The Negative Psychologist
From my 10 titles published in 1952 original list, I started with El piano, by Carmen Laforet, unfortunately not translated, & I also added an 11th title which I read, The Palm Wine Drinkard, by Amos Tutuola, written in English by Tutuola, a Nigerian born author. Carmen Laforet’s most popular book, -this one in English, […]| Silvia Cachia
I found this book, Inception, Anna Bates, 5.00, 2 ratings, 0 reviews, at a Thrift Store for only $1.92. It’s beautiful, very inspiring! It doesn’t have a lot of text, though a few of the entries are a few pages long. In average they are a few sentences or a paragraph. Text on one side, […]| Silvia Cachia
Previously: A literary eulogy Earlier when I’ve paged through my past blog posts to locate my favorite for a particular year, one usually jumped out at me. For 2018, I find myself torn between two favorites. The tiebreaker in a case like this is: Do I have anything more to say on the subject? On […]| Jim Nelson