Creating Dangerously: ‘Spare Us from Living in Interesting Times’
As society slowly opens up, I felt myself closing in - and with that came a considerable silence. There’s been a higher intake than output of writing on my part and I have been absorbing Infinite Jest, The Leopard, and Albert Camus’ essays vivaciously. In Camus’ essay, “Create Dangerously”, he writes something that I am sure cannot help but resonate with many of us as we enter a slightly altered world
You my friend are lonely… a lament.
I flipped through the pages at random and stopped at a text that tugged at me. I was immediately captivated by the delicate craftsmanship of the words that drew me into a mournful lament - a lament at the loss of fellowship, where words are used for ‘pointing fingers’ and splitting ‘fragments and parts’ against ‘the whole’.