“ To have painted a painting does not empty the vessel out of which paintings come. On the contrary, it is the talent which is not in use this is lost or atrophies, and to bestow one of our creations is the surest way to invoke the next…Bestowal creates that empty space into which new energy may flow.
The Gift makes you work for your pull quotes. After 200 pages of anthropological history and cultural analysis, we get to Come Full Circle and Apply What We’ve Learned to what we love; we are all breathless and enthusiatic, underlining with gusto.
It turns out he, Lewis Hyde that is, delves into Whitman first and then Ezra Pound. Ezra Pound was a fascist so I hesitate to say I love him, but Whitman, oh! I have slept with men I shouldn’t for mere recitation of Song of Myself.
I can’t wait. I am praying for train delays.
(via meaghano)
