Taking a break from the Intense Schedule

[crankyoldman]

I'd like to rewrite the statement: "those who can't do, teach" to "those who can't do, criticize". Because that strikes me as closer to the truth.

Also, reading Mrs. Dalloway and The Time Traveler's Wife as well as the play "Wine in the Wilderness" makes my heart happy. I feel way more empathy for Clarissa Dalloway than I expected I would. Also, it reminds me of what a good adaptation of themes The Hours was.

Man, I should get back to working on Liquid, as it's sort of a love letter to the crazyheads of the world who can still see beauty.

Seriously, it's almost SCARY how much Viriginia Woolf seems to know my thoughts, considering her writing. Ha, I probably should see a shrink again.

~Cendri

P.S. Hey disillusioned twenty-something friends of mine! Maybe this'll make you feel better.

Comments

[cumuluscastle.livejournal.com]

I love Virginia Woolf. I think it's hard not to feel for Clarissa, given the beautiful stream of consciousness writing. But what makes you think you should see a shrink? I mean, Woolf's characters are not perhaps the best adjusted people in the world, but I think that's because they're normal, if that makes any sense. Normal people simply aren't perfect and are probably all a little crazy.

But anyway, every time I read Mrs. Dalloway I get a better appreciation for it.

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

That was mostly my bad dry humor coming out. I was more referring to the fact Ms. Woolf herself was likely bipolar and ended up killing herself, and how readily I identify with the bits of how she likely saw things that come through in her stories. XD I totally think normal people are all a little crazy, too.

I was ridiculously fond of Orlando because she quite cleverly addressed the "I am a man still, even if I am a woman now" thing that I find quite interesting, since I've always felt masculinity and feminity were separate things from gender itself. Then again, that was also the summer I read The Left Hand of Darkness.

~Cendri

[cumuluscastle.livejournal.com]

No, I figured you were joking and I know about the depression she had. I identify with her characters a lot as well.

I love Orlando too. The writing is so cunning, especially the tricks with time. It feels like a fairy tale to me and the issue of Orlando's gender is so nonchalant. There's something delightful in it indeed.