Thursday, March 6, 2008
05.03.2008
Interpretation by dali48
Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986), poet and journalist who was the first Czech to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984. Seifert was the last great representative of the Czech avant-garde. He published over 30 volumes of poetry! ... (Pegasus Authors' Calendar)
Seifert was born into a poor family in Ziskov, a working-class suburb of Prague. His father was the manager of a small general store. To help him, Seifert spent his afternoons delivering goods to customers all over Prague ... In 1929 he was expelled from the Communist Party and the "Devetsil Collective" (a literary avant-garde movement in the 1920s) ... In 1938, Seifert's prophetic work (Put Out the Lights!) was published in Munich, after the betrayal of Czechoslovakia. The title work, about the Nazi threat hanging over Prague, is one of his most famous poems ... He fully identified with the people's grief and interpreted the common feelings of betrayal and hope for survival. In 1966 he was named Poet of the Nation ... "What is all this talk of grey hair/and wisdom/When the bush of life burns down/experience is worthless/It always has been" ... (from The Plague Column)
In 1968 Seifert condemned the Soviet invasion of his country, which aimed to stop all liberal tendencies ... During the 1970s his works circulated in underground editions. In 1977 he signed the Charter of Human Rights together with 500 others ... In these memoirs Seifert revived the spirit of the Czech avant-garde between the two world wars and during the Nazi occupation. Since he was too old and ill to travel to Stockholm for the award ceremony, the poet received the news from his hospital bed... Seifert died in Prague in 1986. As a folk artist, Seifert was entitled to a state funeral. It became a national event... (J. Seifert, P.A.C.)
Jaroslav Seifert war ein tschechischer Dichter, Schriftsteller, Journalist und Übersetzer. In den frühen Jahren war er ein bedeutender Vertreter der tschechischen Proletarischen Poesie, um später zu einem der wichtigsten Dichter des Poetismus zu werden. Wikipedia
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
17.07.2000
Interpretation by dali48
Most people are terribly afraid of death, which threatens us with abandonment, at the mercy of others (to a "lying and deceitful" society, etc. - d.48), loneliness, the hell of eternal damnation. But no matter how much we are against it (see "Every-man" etc. - d.48), he will come and get us...
Death is "the power over which we have no power," writes psychoanalyst Mary Chadwick. All we can hope to control is the way we confront it (see e.g. let go etc? – d.48) ... (J. Viorst)
"I will fall like the blossom of a shining cherry tree" (the cherry tree blossom is in harmony with nature, the kamikaze pilot is not – the blossom falls gently and quietly to the ground, the kamikaze on the other hand with a loud bang and hard impact – the blossom falls slowly like a bird's feather, carried by the wind – the kamikaze at great speed, artificially accelerated by the aircraft engine etc – d.48) ... Don't let go too soon, but don't cling on too long (see e.g. Buddha's middle way etc. – d.48). Find the balance! ... (M. Schwartz / T. Koppel)
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
03.08.2000
Interpretation by dali48
All of this (withdrawal tactics) could at least be cushioned by simply letting ourselves have our own way... In your current distress, you are alone, at least as far as this life here is concerned. If you are looking for a way out, take it yourself if you find even a trace of a way. Come back to life. Only you can do it. One thing is clear, either God or the laws of nature will ultimately let you fall or die. Until then, your task is, just to live (R. Price, writer), while "stagnation" describes a "personality impoverishment" that occurs when we only worry about our own concerns ... Withdrawal tactics punish our partner for withholding what we want by withdrawing our love or approval or by keeping us away from him ... Marriage is the continuation of war by other means... (J. Viorst)
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