And from that time on I bathed in the Poem Of the Sea, star-infused and churned into milk, Devouring the green azures; where, entranced in pallid flotsam, A dreaming drowned man sometimes goes down.
Arthur RimbaudRead
Hay que ser absolutamente Moderno
Interpretation
Embrace modernity and innovation in thought and expression.
The quote 'Hay que ser absolutamente Moderno' by Arthur Rimbaud emphasizes the importance of being completely modern, urging individuals to fully engage with contemporary ideas and experiences. This call for modernity reflects Rimbaud's revolutionary spirit in art and poetry, challenging traditions and advocating for progress in both personal and societal contexts.
In practice
In a speech at a creative conference, one might say, 'As Rimbaud suggested, we must be absolutely modern to lead the way in art and expression.'
And from that time on I bathed in the Poem Of the Sea, star-infused and churned into milk, Devouring the green azures; where, entranced in pallid flotsam, A dreaming drowned man sometimes goes down.
My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?
In the great glasshouses streaming with condensation, the children in mourning-dress beheld marvels.
I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.
Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.
What a life! True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world.
When I write, I don't know what is going to emerge. I begin in a condition of complete unknowing, an utter nakedness of concept or goal. A word appears, another word appears, an image. It is a moving into mystery.
I think what we like about music - and what we like about art in general....is that enterprise that stops our minds from spinning. Because we're always all over the place. A good song, a good lyric is a movie: it will just focus and calm and confer significance on this completely bewildering reality that all of us live in.
Unfortunately, there aren't enough interesting acting roles in New Zealand to sustain a career.
I've never put out a song that I wasn't completely proud of and that I didn't love. In that sense, I've never felt like I sold out in any way.
Movies, they take years of my life, so I'm fortunate that I get to work in a lot of different mediums.
I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.
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