In the current socio-political climate, he said to himself, committing suicide is absurd and redundant. Better to become an undercover poet.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that in challenging times, one should seek alternative forms of expression rather than resorting to despair.
In this quote, Roberto Bolano highlights the absurdity of choosing a drastic end in the face of difficult socio-political circumstances. Instead of succumbing to hopelessness, he advocates for embracing creativity, such as poetry, as a way to navigate and respond to the turmoil of the world. This perspective reflects a resilient and constructive approach to adversity, emphasizing the power of artistic expression as a means of survival and comment on society.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of art during crises.
Coincidence obeys no laws and if it does we don't know what they are. Coincidence, if you'll permit me the simile, is like the manifestation of God at every moment on our planet. A senseless God making senseless gestures at his senseless creatures. In that hurricane, in that osseous implosion, we find communion.
The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower.
I'd obviously never heard of the group, but my ignorance in literary matters is to blame for that (every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me).
Every book in the world is out there waiting to be read by me.
Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east.
Being alone makes us stronger. Thatβs the honest truth. But itβs cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.
Definitions.... are never really needed, and rarely of any use
Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.
Whenever I think of God I can only conceive of Him as a Being infinitely great and infinitely good. This last quality of the divine nature inspires me with such confidence and joy that I could have written even a miserere in tempo allegro.
Every thoughtful, well-meaning and conscientious human being_x000D_ should assume in time of peace,_x000D_ the solemn and unconditional obligation_x000D_ not to participate in any war, for any reason_x000D_ or to lend support of any kind, whether direct or indirect.
We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us just as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future.
A tension has always existed between the capitalist imperative to maximize efficiency at any cost and the moral imperatives of culture, which historically have served as a counterweight to the moral blindness of the market. This is another example of the cultural contradictions of capitalism - the tendency over time for the economic impulse to erode the moral underpinnings of society. Mercy toward the animals in our care is one such casualty.
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