Thursday, May 1, 2008

Tolstoy


I know this feeling very well--even now, I have been experiencing it lately: everything seems to be ready for the writing--for fulfilling my earthly duty, what's missing is the urge to believe in myself, the belief in the importance of my task, I'm lacking the energy of delusion; an earthly, spontaneous energy that is impossible to invent. And it's impossible to begin without it.


Tolstoy
(qtd. Viktor Shklovsky in The Energy of Delusion)
(bold mine)
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1 comments:

Connie K said...

I can relate to the quote never considered it to be a matter of missing the energy of delusion. But I like it, fits with most every area of life. Yet there are times when the energy does exist.

Blessings, great insight...