Prophetic Ravings

"Will this entry mean anything to anyone? Of course, not a hell of a lot. There is no book, no man either, that change lives. Anyway, loads of older, smarter and apter writers have warned exactly of the vanity of human wishes and efforts and I believe I have mastered this lesson. To fall in love is natural; experts however prove infatuation is but short-lived. What remains, possibly that is, is love for the man. Therefore my infantile grandiosity stops precisely here."

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"I'm dying of boredom. That's dying too. And I will not end up neither by a sleazy nor lucid suicide but by adjusting. I will watch TV, shop and probably babble shit. Yes - nothing will remain even of that dignified silence.."

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"When we talk of ambition, what is wrong with the ordinary? It's for sure probably the healthiest variant. I do not mean to be vulgar but - ordinary. It is only children and infantile persons who hold themselves special. Humility lessons aside, special has been seen for Christ's sake.."

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"If I ever work this idea through, I've decided to call this abstraction 'Flippers,' - according to kids' game of flipping cards over using your palm that I was taught in my hometown.

For this is exactly how ideas go round: like they set that one on fire who exclaimed the Sun was actually in the center of the universe, and than another genius was born who maintained that, since the universe is infinite, you could claim the Earth was in its center.."

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"But is it not so in our quest for truth as well? Is not every book - overstating it? When these venerable academics present years of intellectual results, you will not get a glimpse of truth, but several of them. That's how we fix each other..

The rebellion of youth against old farts is nothing but reaction to their shit. And each ruling ideology is of necessity flawed for it emphasizes aspects. There must be unadjusted individuals or groups. There must be friction."

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"And how are we to define artistic excellence? Using literature as our example - as two- or multi-referential meanings, a nice metaphor? Well, you can dissect a masterpiece, abstract rules and even try to follow them - you will still not arrive at another masterpiece."