El demonio cuida a los suyos.
Los estúpidos, los neuróticos, los criminales, y quizá también los artistas, tienen en común la imprevisibilidad y la inocencia pervertida.
Toda la música difícil debe ser escuchada más de una vez.
I had never heard of this writer, until I watched a film, a very famous one, where he was personified by Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he won an Oscar for it. I liked it very much, especially in the scenes where he read his book in front of an audience, in a theater, like if it was a play or a band presentation. I wonder if this was actually so, for the silence of that audience was astonishing, and this guy’s voice was so soft… Anyway, what called my attention was the exact and so appropriate use of comparisons, all along the narration; I guess they helped him describe everything in extreme detail and accuracy. Some of the quotes that I present here may serve as an example for it.
But these three, the ones I chose to talk about, have got a slight but strong relationship. The gap between them is minimal. I’ll try to explain this correctly:
I do believe in the Devil. I happen to respect him, and sometimes I find myself admiring his work, for being so delicate, dedicated, and aesthetic. I believe we are all part of Him, as much as we are part of that other entity as well. So, I like this idea of him, the Devil, taking good care of all of us, not like the title of this entry claims. It makes me feel hopeful. And among us are the stupid, the neurotic, the criminals, and not “maybe”, but “above all”, the artists, who – I think – are particularly looked after by Him (one may choose which Him, of course). Despite their common unpredictability and perverted innocence, like Capote suggests, criminals and artists can actually see a part of the world that the rest of us simply cannot. Perhaps we just don’t dare to cross that thin line to become criminals or, plainly, we are not provided with that unusual gift that separates ordinary people from artists. That gift, I insist, may be divine or demonic.
Within art, music is way above in significance and relevance. The awe that it may produce is unique. Shakespeare himself talked about this in “The Merchant of Venice”. He stated that “he who hasn’t got music in himself has got dark affections, and the motions of his spirit are dark as night”. So, some music is hard to listen, yes. Some other is even harder to understand. But when we finally do, when we let our souls be guided and enchanted by it, we may find what we were looking for. All that is necessary is to give art a chance to blow our minds, whether it is music, literature, painting, or whatnot. We might connect to a side of ourselves we didn’t even know that existed: a divine side; or – hopefully – the other one.
New words: Espuria. Arrobamiento. Reidor.
Remarkable Quotes:
Como cadáveres de hombres ahogados.
Acuérdate de esto: tu padre es tu padre, suceda lo que suceda.
Encontraba un extraño placer en llamar la atención hacia cualquier error gramatical que se cometiera.
De pronto, las personas mayores eran las únicas amistades que quería.
Planeando, por supuesto, un paseo como polizón.
Parecería vergonzoso ser tan ignorante en cuando a sus propios familiares.
Esplendor gótico.
Si sienten rencor hacia alguien les agrada disiparlo en una pelea.
El país está lleno de gente que lo sabe todo y no entiende nada. Lleno.
Como la carne cristalina de una medusa.
Las tres. La hora vacía de las tardes interminables.
Hace ya tiempo que me di cuenta que mi vida estaba destinada a otras épocas.
Helo allí, y hela allí. Y entre ellos toda la noche.
Una anémica criatura faunesca.
Ella era allí una niña, y dulce como una naranja, y perezosa, deliciosamente perezosa.
Pero no nos conocíamos mutuamente, porque en ese entonces ni siquiera nos conocíamos bien a nosotros mismos.
Y el amor, como que no tiene geografía, no reconoce límites.
La soledad, como la fiebre, medra en la noche.
En mis oídos había el rugido que hacen los caracoles marinos.
Es fácil escapar a la luz del día, pero la noche es inevitable y los sueños son la jaula gigantesca.
Él era un muchacho, y ella una chica. Y maldito si la dejaba dominarlo nuevamente.
Trepar al cielo en una escalera apoyada en la luna.
Apuñalada, la sangre de blancos y negros fluye por igual.
Flores secas.
Los buenos mueren fríos. Los perversos en llamas.
Algún algo insomne.







