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Journals of Susan Sontag #1
賵賱丕丿丞 孬丕賳賷丞 : 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 丕賱賲亘賰乇丞 1947 - 1963
"I intend to do everything...to have one way of evaluating experience鈥攄oes it cause me pleasure or pain, and I shall be very cautious about rejecting the painful鈥擨 shall anticipate pleasure everywhere and find it too, for it is everywhere! I shall involve myself wholly...everything matters!"
So wrote Susan Sontag in May 1949 at the age of sixteen. This, the first of three volumes of her journals and notebooks, presents a constantly and utterly surprising record of a great mind in incubation. It begins with journal entries and early attempts at fiction from her years as a university and graduate student, and ends in 1964, when she was becoming a participant in and observer of the artistic and intellectual life of New York City.
Reborn is a kaleidoscopic self-portrait of one of America's greatest writers and intellectuals, teeming with Sontag's voracious curiosity and appetite for life. We watch the young Sontag's complex self-awareness, share in her encounters with the writers who informed her thinking, and engage with the profound challenge of writing itself鈥攁ll filtered through the inimitable detail of everyday circumstance.
So wrote Susan Sontag in May 1949 at the age of sixteen. This, the first of three volumes of her journals and notebooks, presents a constantly and utterly surprising record of a great mind in incubation. It begins with journal entries and early attempts at fiction from her years as a university and graduate student, and ends in 1964, when she was becoming a participant in and observer of the artistic and intellectual life of New York City.
Reborn is a kaleidoscopic self-portrait of one of America's greatest writers and intellectuals, teeming with Sontag's voracious curiosity and appetite for life. We watch the young Sontag's complex self-awareness, share in her encounters with the writers who informed her thinking, and engage with the profound challenge of writing itself鈥攁ll filtered through the inimitable detail of everyday circumstance.
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Susan Sontag
205听books5,050听followersSusan Sontag was born in New York City on January 16, 1933, grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and attended high school in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from the College of the University of Chicago and did graduate work in philosophy, literature, and theology at Harvard University and Saint Anne鈥檚 College, Oxford.
Her books include four novels, The Benefactor, Death Kit, The Volcano Lover, and In America; a collection of short stories, I, etcetera; several plays, including Alice in Bed and Lady from the Sea; and nine works of nonfiction, starting with Against Interpretation and including On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, Where the Stress Falls, Regarding the Pain of Others, and At the Same Time. In 1982, Farrar, Straus & Giroux published A Susan Sontag Reader.
Ms. Sontag wrote and directed four feature-length films: Duet for Cannibals (1969) and Brother Carl (1971), both in Sweden; Promised Lands (1974), made in Israel during the war of October 1973; and Unguided Tour (1983), from her short story of the same name, made in Italy. Her play Alice in Bed has had productions in the United States, Mexico, Germany, and Holland. Another play, Lady from the Sea, has been produced in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, and Korea.
Ms. Sontag also directed plays in the United States and Europe, including a staging of Beckett's Waiting for Godot in the summer of 1993 in besieged Sarajevo, where she spent much of the time between early 1993 and 1996 and was made an honorary citizen of the city.
A human rights activist for more than two decades, Ms. Sontag served from 1987 to 1989 as president of the American Center of PEN, the international writers鈥� organization dedicated to freedom of expression and the advancement of literature, from which platform she led a number of campaigns on behalf of persecuted and imprisoned writers.
Her stories and essays appeared in newspapers, magazines, and literary publications all over the world, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Art in America, Antaeus, Parnassus, The Threepenny Review, The Nation, and Granta. Her books have been translated into thirty-two languages.
Among Ms. Sontag's many honors are the 2003 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the 2003 Prince of Asturias Prize, the 2001 Jerusalem Prize, the National Book Award for In America (2000), and the National Book Critics Circle Award for On Photography (1978). In 1992 she received the Malaparte Prize in Italy, and in 1999 she was named a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government (she had been named an Officier in the same order in 1984). Between 1990 and 1995 she was a MacArthur Fellow.
Ms. Sontag died in New York City on December 28, 2004.
Her books include four novels, The Benefactor, Death Kit, The Volcano Lover, and In America; a collection of short stories, I, etcetera; several plays, including Alice in Bed and Lady from the Sea; and nine works of nonfiction, starting with Against Interpretation and including On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, Where the Stress Falls, Regarding the Pain of Others, and At the Same Time. In 1982, Farrar, Straus & Giroux published A Susan Sontag Reader.
Ms. Sontag wrote and directed four feature-length films: Duet for Cannibals (1969) and Brother Carl (1971), both in Sweden; Promised Lands (1974), made in Israel during the war of October 1973; and Unguided Tour (1983), from her short story of the same name, made in Italy. Her play Alice in Bed has had productions in the United States, Mexico, Germany, and Holland. Another play, Lady from the Sea, has been produced in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, and Korea.
Ms. Sontag also directed plays in the United States and Europe, including a staging of Beckett's Waiting for Godot in the summer of 1993 in besieged Sarajevo, where she spent much of the time between early 1993 and 1996 and was made an honorary citizen of the city.
A human rights activist for more than two decades, Ms. Sontag served from 1987 to 1989 as president of the American Center of PEN, the international writers鈥� organization dedicated to freedom of expression and the advancement of literature, from which platform she led a number of campaigns on behalf of persecuted and imprisoned writers.
Her stories and essays appeared in newspapers, magazines, and literary publications all over the world, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Art in America, Antaeus, Parnassus, The Threepenny Review, The Nation, and Granta. Her books have been translated into thirty-two languages.
Among Ms. Sontag's many honors are the 2003 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the 2003 Prince of Asturias Prize, the 2001 Jerusalem Prize, the National Book Award for In America (2000), and the National Book Critics Circle Award for On Photography (1978). In 1992 she received the Malaparte Prize in Italy, and in 1999 she was named a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government (she had been named an Officier in the same order in 1984). Between 1990 and 1995 she was a MacArthur Fellow.
Ms. Sontag died in New York City on December 28, 2004.
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June 11, 2021Early in these notebooks, Susan Sontag confesses to having read her lover's journal secretly and feeling extremely agitated, hurt and anxious on discovering that her lover didn't really like her. She also confesses that she didn't feel guilty about reading the journal without her lover's consent because she thinks that one of the main social functions of a journal or a diary is precisely to be read furtively by other people. However, I don't think a journal is supposed to have any social function.
In Against Interpretation and Other Essays, Sontag writes that we read a writer's journal not because it illuminates their other books, but because we are drawn to the rawness of the journal form and because the first person writing constructs the most intimate portrait of a writer that their novels, however inspired by their own experiences, cannot divulge.
These notebooks do not simply recount events, nor are they just full of personal confessions, fetishes and ideas. They are a mesh composed of the many elements that Sontag encountered and chose arbitrarily to record. Sometimes there are just pages upon pages containing lists of the books she wanted to buy. Sometimes she jots down stray ideas and observations. There is no perceivable order to the writing except a chronological one.
Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptacle for one鈥檚 private, secret thoughts鈥攍ike a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself.
The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather鈥攊n many cases鈥攐ffers an alternative to it.
It is this assembly of Susan Sontag's selfhood that we have the pleasure of witnessing within these pages. The discontinuity that we encounter while reading a writer's novels one at a time is abolished here. These journals affirm the sequence, the wholeness and cohesion of a life lived. I'm not rating this because how do I quantify a lived experience? What gives me the power? I do not even want that sort of power. I just know that I'll return to this again and again.
Everything begins from now鈥擨 am reborn.
In Against Interpretation and Other Essays, Sontag writes that we read a writer's journal not because it illuminates their other books, but because we are drawn to the rawness of the journal form and because the first person writing constructs the most intimate portrait of a writer that their novels, however inspired by their own experiences, cannot divulge.
These notebooks do not simply recount events, nor are they just full of personal confessions, fetishes and ideas. They are a mesh composed of the many elements that Sontag encountered and chose arbitrarily to record. Sometimes there are just pages upon pages containing lists of the books she wanted to buy. Sometimes she jots down stray ideas and observations. There is no perceivable order to the writing except a chronological one.
Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptacle for one鈥檚 private, secret thoughts鈥攍ike a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself.
The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather鈥攊n many cases鈥攐ffers an alternative to it.
It is this assembly of Susan Sontag's selfhood that we have the pleasure of witnessing within these pages. The discontinuity that we encounter while reading a writer's novels one at a time is abolished here. These journals affirm the sequence, the wholeness and cohesion of a life lived. I'm not rating this because how do I quantify a lived experience? What gives me the power? I do not even want that sort of power. I just know that I'll return to this again and again.
Everything begins from now鈥擨 am reborn.
July 19, 2014
I can't imagine Susan Sontag as a young person because I've always encountered her as the staggering, cultured-to-the-umpteenth-degree uber-cosmopolitan critic that she is in her essays. It's hard to imagine someone like that ever being a kid. The journals in Reborn start when she's fourteen and she's already more complicated, moody, and painfully self-conscious than most people four times her age. You don't really see a development here as much as you get these brief, staccato flashes of intensity and yearning as she struggles to interrogate literature, film, her husband, her lesbian affairs, being a single parent, ad infinitum. She has the same voracious, uncompromising intellectual commitment to dissecting her personal life as she does to dissecting culture and art. And she never criticized anything as harshly as she went after herself.
March 17, 2024
Susan Sontag is one of the most relevant intellectual figures of the 20th century. "Reborn" is a compilation of her thoughts that span the entire existence of the American writer, essayist, photographer, filmmaker, philosopher, and teacher. Insightful, wise, and captivating since his younger years, "Reborn" also alludes to discoveries about his sexuality - a constant theme throughout the book. It is an essential work by a prominent name in American intellectuality.
September 28, 2015
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丕賱噩賲賱 丕賱賲賮賷丿丞 賵 丕賱賲亘丿毓丞 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰丕賳鬲 賯賱賷賱丞 噩丿丕... 賱賰賳 兀賴賲 賲丕 賱賮鬲 賳馗乇賷 賵 禺胤胤鬲 鬲丨鬲賴 禺胤丕 賴賵 丕賱鬲丕賱賷: (賷丕 廿賱賴賷 賰賲 賴賵 爻禺賷賮 賴匕丕 賰賱賴! [...] 丨匕賱賯丞 + 賮爻賯 [...] 賱丕 兀卮毓乇 亘卮賷亍 爻賵賶 丕賱丕夭丿乇丕亍 賱卮禺氐賴貙 廿賲賰丕賳賷丕鬲賴 + 賲毓鬲賯丿丕鬲賴!) 0
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賯乇兀鬲 賲匕賰乇丕鬲 賰孬賷乇丞 亘賰賱 囟毓賮 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賵 賳乇噩爻賷鬲賴丕... 賱賰賳 賱賲 兀爻鬲兀 賲賳 兀丨丿賴丕 賰賲丕 丕爻鬲兀鬲 賲賳 賴匕賴貙 乇亘賲丕 賱兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賰賳 賲賮鬲乇囟 賳卮乇賴丕 兀氐賱丕... 賵 乇亘賲丕 賱兀賳賷 賲毓噩亘丞 亘爻賵夭丕賳 賰賲丕 鬲亘丿鬲 賮賷 囟丿 丕賱鬲兀賵賷賱 賱丿乇噩丞 丨賮馗 亘毓囟 噩賲賱賴丕 賲賳 賯乇丕亍丞 賵丕丨丿丞貙 賵 賱賷爻 賱丿賷 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕鬲 丕賱賲賮囟賱丕鬲 丕賱賱賵丕鬲賷 賷毓噩亘賳賳賷 賱丿乇噩丞 丕賱丕賯鬲亘丕爻 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇 賲賳賴賳... 賮匕賴賳賴丕 賲鬲賯丿 賵 賱睾鬲賴丕 賯賵賷丞... 賲爻鬲賯賱丞 賮賷 乇兀賷賴丕 賵 賲鬲乇賮毓丞 毓賳 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕... 賮賰丕賳 賲丐賱賲丕 賱賷 乇丐賷鬲賴丕 亘卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀賰乇賴賴丕 賵 兀賳賮乇 賲賳賴丕貙 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱匕賱賷賱丞 賮賷 丕賱丨亘 丕賱囟毓賷賮丞 丕賱賲賳亘胤丨丞 丕賱賲鬲賵爻賱丞貙 賵 丕賱兀爻賵兀 兀賳賴丕 卮丕匕丞!! 賯丿 丌匕丕賳賷 丕賱丕胤賱丕毓 毓賱賶 兀亘卮毓 氐賵乇丞 賱丿賷賴丕...賴
賰丕賳鬲 賴匕賴 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賲亘賰乇丞 賮賷 卮亘丕亘賴丕貙 賱賰賳賷 賱丕 兀丨爻亘賳賷 爻兀鬲卮噩毓 賱賯乇丕亍丞 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱兀禺乇賶貙 丨賮丕馗丕 毓賱賶 賲丕 亘賯賷 賱賴丕 賲賳 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賮賷 賳賮爻賷貙 廿賳 亘賯賷 卮賷亍 賲賳賴 兀氐賱丕... 賮賴賷 賰丕賳鬲 賰丕鬲亘丞 鬲賴鬲賲 亘氐賯賱 賰鬲亘賴丕 亘毓賳丕賷丞 賵 丨鬲賶 鬲乇噩賲丕鬲 賰鬲亘賴丕貙 賵 鬲毓鬲亘乇 丕賱鬲賴匕賷亘 賲賯丿賲丕 毓賱賶 丕賱廿賳氐丕賮... 賰丕賳鬲 爻賷丿丞 賲鬲丨賮馗丞 賰賲丕 賷賯賵賱 丕亘賳賴丕貙 賵 賲丕 丕賱鬲丨賮馗 亘乇兀賷賷 廿賱丕 賳賵毓 賮丕禺乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲噩賲賱貙 丕丨鬲乇丕賲丕 賱賱賳賮爻 賵 丕丨鬲乇丕賲丕 賱賱丌禺乇... 賵 賴賵 賳賵毓 亘丕鬲 賳丕丿乇丕 賮賷 毓氐乇 丕賱丕亘鬲匕丕賱 賴匕丕... 賵 賱匕賱賰 賱丕 兀乇睾亘 亘丕賱丕賯鬲乇丕亘 兀賰孬乇 毓亘乇 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賲丕乇爻 賮賷賴丕 賰賱 賴匕丕... 賷賰賮賷賳賷 賲賳賴丕 賰鬲亘賴丕 丕賱兀禺乇賶 丕賱鬲賷 噩賱爻鬲 賮賷賴丕 賵 鬲噩賲賱鬲 賱丕爻鬲賯亘丕賱 賯丕乇卅 賰廿賷丕賷貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賮賰乇 賮賷賳賷 _賰賲鬲賱賯賷_ 丨賷賳 賰鬲亘鬲貙 賮兀馗賴乇鬲 兀噩賲賱 賵 兀賯賵賶 賲丕 賮賷賴丕貙 賵 爻鬲乇鬲 賲丕 爻賵丕賴...賴
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2015
賱賲 兀爻鬲兀 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘 賲賳匕 夭賲賳 賰賲丕 丕爻鬲兀鬲 賲賳 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 丕賱賲亘賰乇丞 賱爻賵夭丕賳 爻賵賳鬲丕睾... 鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰賳鬲 兀毓噩亘鬲 亘丨丿丞 毓賯賱賴丕 賵 鬲亘氐乇賴丕 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘賴丕 丕賱乇丕卅毓 囟丿 丕賱鬲兀賵賷賱 賵賲賯丕賱丕鬲 兀禺乇賶... 亘鬲丨賱賷賱丕鬲賴丕 丕賱匕賰賷丞 丕賱賵丕孬賯丞... 亘鬲乇賮毓賴丕 賵 賱睾鬲賴丕 丕賱賯賵賷丞 賵 丕賱賲爻鬲賯賱丞... 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 兀亘賴乇鬲賳賷 賯亘賱 爻賳賵丕鬲貙 鬲馗賴乇 賮賷 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 賴匕賴 亘兀卮丿 丕賱氐賵乇 丕亘鬲匕丕賱丕 賵 賮噩丕噩丞 賵 禺賳賵毓丕... 丕賲乇兀丞 卮丕匕丞 賵 匕賱賷賱丞... 賴
賴匕賴 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賰丕賳 賷賮鬲乇囟 亘賴丕 兀賳 鬲丿賮賳 賲毓 氐丕丨亘鬲賴丕... 賮賴賷 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賲毓丿丞 賱賱賳卮乇貙 賵 廿賳賲丕 賴賷 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 丨丕賮馗鬲 毓賱賶 鬲丿賵賷賳賴丕 賲賳匕 賰丕賳鬲 胤丕賱亘丞 賮賷 丕賱賲丿乇爻丞... 賵 亘毓囟 賲賳賴丕 鬲賮丕賴丕鬲 賲乇丕賴賯丞貙 賵 賰孬賷乇 賲賳賴丕 丕亘鬲匕丕賱丕鬲 卮禺氐賷丞 賵 賲毓賷亘丞... 賵 賰孬賷乇 兀賷囟丕 賲噩乇丿 兀賮毓丕賱 丨賷丕鬲賷賴 賷賵賲賷丞 賱丕 賯賷賲丞 賱賴丕
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賴賳丕賰 賮乇賯 賰亘賷乇 亘賷賳 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷賰鬲亘賴丕 丕賱賲乇亍 賱噩賲賴賵乇 賲賮鬲乇囟 賮賷 匕賴賳賴貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 丨氐賱鬲 賱賴 鬲噩乇亘丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 賵 賮賱爻賮丞 賲丕 賷乇賷丿 廿賷氐丕賱賴丕貙 兀賷丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞貙 賵 亘賷賳 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 卮禺氐賷丞 賵 禺氐賵氐賷丞 賷丿賵賳賴丕 賱匕丕鬲賴 賲匕 賰丕賳 賲乇丕賴賯丕貙 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷賳囟噩貙 孬賲 鬲馗賴乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賱兀 亘毓丿 賲賵鬲賴... 賴
兀賰乇賴 孬賯丕賮丞 毓乇囟 丕賱禺氐賵氐賷丕鬲 丕賱丨賲賷賲丞 毓賱賶 賰賱 賲賳 賴亘 賵 丿亘 賲賳 丿賵賳 毓亘乇丞 賲乇丕丿丞貙 賵 孬賯丕賮丞 鬲賱賮夭賷賵賳 丕賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱乇禺賷氐 賱賲噩乇丿 丕賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 亘丕賱鬲賱氐氐 毓賱賶 賲禺丕丿毓 丕賱賳丕爻貙 賵 孬賯丕賮丞 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 "兀賰賱鬲 賵 卮乇亘鬲 賵 匕賴亘鬲" 毓賱賶 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻鬲毓乇囟 鬲賮丕賴丕鬲賳丕 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞... 孬賯丕賮丞 丕賱噩賴乇 亘爻賵亍 丕爻鬲鬲乇 賱賲噩乇丿 丕賱噩賴乇... 賵 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 毓賱賶 賳賮爻 丕賱卮丕賰賱丞... 賵 賱匕賱賰 賵噩丿鬲賴 賲夭毓噩丕...賴
賰賱賳丕 賳毓乇賮 兀賳 賵乇丕亍 噩賱賵丿賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻鬲乇賳丕 賵 鬲噩賲賱賳丕 賲賳馗乇丕 賲賮夭毓丕 賵 賲孬賷乇丕 賱賱廿賯賷丕亍 賲賳 丿賲 賵 賱丨賲 賵 毓乇賵賯貙 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 賱丕 賷毓賳賷 兀賳 兀賰卮胤 噩賱丿賷 兀賲丕賲 丕賱賳丕爻 丨鬲賶 賷乇賵丕 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞貙 賮賴匕賴 賱賷爻鬲 丨賯賷賯丞 賵 廿賳賲丕 賮囟丨 賱賱賯亘丨 亘廿賷匕丕亍 噩賲丕賱 噩賱丿賷... 賮丕賱鬲噩賲賱 亘丕賱噩賱丿 噩夭亍 賲賳 丨賯賷賯鬲賷... 賵 賰賱賳丕 賳爻鬲禺丿賲 丕賱丨賲丕賲丕鬲 賷賵賲賷丕 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 賱丕 賷毓胤賷賳賷 丕賱兀乇賷丨賷丞 亘兀賳 兀賮鬲丨 丕賱亘丕亘 兀賲丕賲 丕賱噩賲賷毓 賱賷賳馗乇! 賵 賴匕賴 賱賷爻鬲 噩乇兀丞 賵 廿賳賲丕 賮噩丕噩丞 賵 丕亘鬲匕丕賱... 賵 賱賷爻 賰賱 賲丕 賮賰乇 亘賴 丕賱賲乇亍 賵 卮毓乇 賷爻鬲丨賯 丕賱匕賰乇貙 賮賳丨賳 賲賱賷丐賵賳 亘賰賱 卮賷亍 賲賳 丕賱兀賯氐賶 賱賱兀賯氐賶... 賴賳丕賰 兀賮賰丕乇 賱丕 賷爻乇賴丕 丕賱賲乇亍 丨鬲賶 賱氐丿賷賯賴 丕賱丨賲賷賲... 賱丕 賷噩賴乇 亘賴丕 賰鬲丕亘丞 丨鬲賶... 賱丕 賷匕賰乇賴丕 廿賱丕 賱賱匕賷 爻賵丕賴 毓爻賶 兀賳 賷卮匕亘賴 賲賳賴丕...賴
賱賰賳賲丕 賴賵 毓氐乇 賲亘鬲匕賱 亘賰賱 賲丕 賮賷賴! 賴
丕賱噩賲賱 丕賱賲賮賷丿丞 賵 丕賱賲亘丿毓丞 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰丕賳鬲 賯賱賷賱丞 噩丿丕... 賱賰賳 兀賴賲 賲丕 賱賮鬲 賳馗乇賷 賵 禺胤胤鬲 鬲丨鬲賴 禺胤丕 賴賵 丕賱鬲丕賱賷: (賷丕 廿賱賴賷 賰賲 賴賵 爻禺賷賮 賴匕丕 賰賱賴! [...] 丨匕賱賯丞 + 賮爻賯 [...] 賱丕 兀卮毓乇 亘卮賷亍 爻賵賶 丕賱丕夭丿乇丕亍 賱卮禺氐賴貙 廿賲賰丕賳賷丕鬲賴 + 賲毓鬲賯丿丕鬲賴!) 0
廿匕 賱賲 兀噩丿 兀賮囟賱 賲賳 噩賲賱賴丕 賴匕賴 賱賱鬲毓亘賷乇 毓賳 卮毓賵乇賷 丕賱匕賷 禺乇噩鬲 亘賴 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘
賯乇兀鬲 賲匕賰乇丕鬲 賰孬賷乇丞 亘賰賱 囟毓賮 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賵 賳乇噩爻賷鬲賴丕... 賱賰賳 賱賲 兀爻鬲兀 賲賳 兀丨丿賴丕 賰賲丕 丕爻鬲兀鬲 賲賳 賴匕賴貙 乇亘賲丕 賱兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賰賳 賲賮鬲乇囟 賳卮乇賴丕 兀氐賱丕... 賵 乇亘賲丕 賱兀賳賷 賲毓噩亘丞 亘爻賵夭丕賳 賰賲丕 鬲亘丿鬲 賮賷 囟丿 丕賱鬲兀賵賷賱 賱丿乇噩丞 丨賮馗 亘毓囟 噩賲賱賴丕 賲賳 賯乇丕亍丞 賵丕丨丿丞貙 賵 賱賷爻 賱丿賷 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丕鬲 丕賱賲賮囟賱丕鬲 丕賱賱賵丕鬲賷 賷毓噩亘賳賳賷 賱丿乇噩丞 丕賱丕賯鬲亘丕爻 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇 賲賳賴賳... 賮匕賴賳賴丕 賲鬲賯丿 賵 賱睾鬲賴丕 賯賵賷丞... 賲爻鬲賯賱丞 賮賷 乇兀賷賴丕 賵 賲鬲乇賮毓丞 毓賳 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕... 賮賰丕賳 賲丐賱賲丕 賱賷 乇丐賷鬲賴丕 亘卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀賰乇賴賴丕 賵 兀賳賮乇 賲賳賴丕貙 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱匕賱賷賱丞 賮賷 丕賱丨亘 丕賱囟毓賷賮丞 丕賱賲賳亘胤丨丞 丕賱賲鬲賵爻賱丞貙 賵 丕賱兀爻賵兀 兀賳賴丕 卮丕匕丞!! 賯丿 丌匕丕賳賷 丕賱丕胤賱丕毓 毓賱賶 兀亘卮毓 氐賵乇丞 賱丿賷賴丕...賴
賰丕賳鬲 賴匕賴 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賲亘賰乇丞 賮賷 卮亘丕亘賴丕貙 賱賰賳賷 賱丕 兀丨爻亘賳賷 爻兀鬲卮噩毓 賱賯乇丕亍丞 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱兀禺乇賶貙 丨賮丕馗丕 毓賱賶 賲丕 亘賯賷 賱賴丕 賲賳 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賮賷 賳賮爻賷貙 廿賳 亘賯賷 卮賷亍 賲賳賴 兀氐賱丕... 賮賴賷 賰丕賳鬲 賰丕鬲亘丞 鬲賴鬲賲 亘氐賯賱 賰鬲亘賴丕 亘毓賳丕賷丞 賵 丨鬲賶 鬲乇噩賲丕鬲 賰鬲亘賴丕貙 賵 鬲毓鬲亘乇 丕賱鬲賴匕賷亘 賲賯丿賲丕 毓賱賶 丕賱廿賳氐丕賮... 賰丕賳鬲 爻賷丿丞 賲鬲丨賮馗丞 賰賲丕 賷賯賵賱 丕亘賳賴丕貙 賵 賲丕 丕賱鬲丨賮馗 亘乇兀賷賷 廿賱丕 賳賵毓 賮丕禺乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲噩賲賱貙 丕丨鬲乇丕賲丕 賱賱賳賮爻 賵 丕丨鬲乇丕賲丕 賱賱丌禺乇... 賵 賴賵 賳賵毓 亘丕鬲 賳丕丿乇丕 賮賷 毓氐乇 丕賱丕亘鬲匕丕賱 賴匕丕... 賵 賱匕賱賰 賱丕 兀乇睾亘 亘丕賱丕賯鬲乇丕亘 兀賰孬乇 毓亘乇 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賲丕乇爻 賮賷賴丕 賰賱 賴匕丕... 賷賰賮賷賳賷 賲賳賴丕 賰鬲亘賴丕 丕賱兀禺乇賶 丕賱鬲賷 噩賱爻鬲 賮賷賴丕 賵 鬲噩賲賱鬲 賱丕爻鬲賯亘丕賱 賯丕乇卅 賰廿賷丕賷貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賮賰乇 賮賷賳賷 _賰賲鬲賱賯賷_ 丨賷賳 賰鬲亘鬲貙 賮兀馗賴乇鬲 兀噩賲賱 賵 兀賯賵賶 賲丕 賮賷賴丕貙 賵 爻鬲乇鬲 賲丕 爻賵丕賴...賴
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28 兀賷賱賵賱
2015
March 16, 2021
鈥淩uggine bir 艧ey d眉艧眉nd眉m 鈥� 枚yle ortada ki asl谋nda, her zamanki gibi apa莽谋k ortada! Birdenbire anlaman谋n sa莽mal谋臒谋ndan ba艧谋m d枚nd眉, sinirlerim bo艧ald谋: 陌stedi臒im her 艧eyi yapmaktan beni al谋koyan hi莽bir 艧ey, hi莽bir 艧ey yok, benden ba艧ka... Kalk谋p gitmemi engelleyecek ne var? Yaln谋zca 莽evremin 枚z dayatmal谋 bask谋lar谋, bana her zaman 枚yle g眉莽l眉 geldiler ki onlar谋n kutsall谋臒谋n谋 bozmay谋 d眉艧眉nmeye yeltenmedim bile... Oysa asl谋nda, beni durduran nedir ki? Ailemle ilgili korkular谋m m谋鈥� 枚zellikle annemle? G眉venceyi ve m眉lkiyeti b谋rakamamak m谋? Evet, ikisi de, ama beni tutan ger莽ekler yaln谋zca bunlar... 脺niversite nedir? Orada hi莽bir 艧ey 枚臒renemem, 莽眉nk眉 bilmek istediklerimi biriktirebilirim, 艧imdiye dek hep 枚yle yapt谋m, tek ba艧谋ma, gerisi angarya.. 脺niversite g眉venlik demek, 莽眉nk眉 yapmas谋 kolay, g眉venli olan 艧ey... 鈥�
January 2, 2021
The twin poles of Sontag鈥檚 intellectual vigour and vulnerability make these early journals both deeply thought-provoking and compelling.This is an intimate portrait of precocious intellectualism and tireless soul-searching, in which Sontag reinforces the idea of self as one鈥檚 severest critic.
June 4, 2022
Adoro tudo o que leio de Sontag. Este volume inicial de entradas do seu 诲颈谩谤颈辞 enriquece quem queira conhecer melhor a autora.
S茫o particularmente interessantes as refer锚ncia sexuais e amorosas que clarificam qualquer d煤vida sobre a intimidade da autora.
Igualmente interessantes a refer锚ncias sobre algumas leituras que fez, bem como o contacto com intelectuais destacados.
S茫o particularmente interessantes as refer锚ncia sexuais e amorosas que clarificam qualquer d煤vida sobre a intimidade da autora.
Igualmente interessantes a refer锚ncias sobre algumas leituras que fez, bem como o contacto com intelectuais destacados.
June 1, 2021
- Il "bisogno" intellettuale simile al bisogno sessuale. -
Auto-sorveglianza, auto-inflizione e autocoscienza. Tutto questo 猫 Susan Sontag fin dai suoi quattordici anni.
Auto-sorveglianza, auto-inflizione e autocoscienza. Tutto questo 猫 Susan Sontag fin dai suoi quattordici anni.
May 31, 2012
This is the first of three planned volumes of Sontag's journals, edited by her son David Rieff. This volume covers the young and precocious Sontag from age 14 to 30. It's a period of learning for her though she already appears learned.
The early entries are about 2 primary awakenings. First is a blossoming intellectual strength through studies at Berkeley, Oxford and the Sorbonne followed by a return to the U. S. and a professorship at Columbia. The early 60s also saw her writing her first novel, The Benefactor. In addition, these journal years are filled with her sexual awakening. At Berkeley, at 16, she recognized herself as a lesbian. Later, at Chicago, she married sociology professor Philip Rieff and bore their son, David. In Europe, without Philip, she returned to an affair with Harriet, her lover at Berkeley and later, in New York, was in a long relationship with Irene, never returning to her marriage.
The entries are mostly notes, lists, and jogs to herself indicating directions she wanted to take. Few entries are developed into purposeful prose; it's sometimes difficult to determine what she was thinking, what her attitudes were, at least in depth. And it's difficult to follow details of her biographical narrative. What is clear is a strong sense of increasing self-awareness and expanding interests. If there's little about her writing, these notes carry hints at what she was reading and studying and how it all influenced her.
Many of these entries are intensely personal. Confessional. Difficult to completely understand her, it's also hard to like her. She whines, complains, bemoans every bump in her rocky love life. Or she writes as though her love life is filled with trouble. She loved hard, agonizing over every experience. Writing her feelings down helped her cope with them, just as noting her scholarly advances allowed her to keep track of the path she climbed. It's equally hard to relate to her learning. Part of it is her enormous intelligence. At 16, at Berkeley, she was filling her journal with challenging entries demonstrating this. Continuing to do so because they were intended for her rather than a reading public, they're not particularly helpful in helping us understand Sontag. Tailored for her own use, she doesn't have to explain how she got to the peak; she's already there and writes in the knowledge she used every day. The troule is, at the top of peaks like Sontag's mind, sometimes a cold wind blows across such a landscape filled with rock and wind. Stark, direct sunlight is wasted. One comes to understand the journal reflects the kind of woman she probably was.
So in this first volume of journals we're able to follow the two parallel courses--emotional and intellectual--of this clever California girl from New York to Europe and back, through lesbian affairs to marriage and motherhood to women lovers again, from young Berkeley undergrad to Columbia professor and novelist. It's quite a ride. By 1961, Sontag disliked herself. The reader may have reservations, too, but can't help finding her fascinating.
The early entries are about 2 primary awakenings. First is a blossoming intellectual strength through studies at Berkeley, Oxford and the Sorbonne followed by a return to the U. S. and a professorship at Columbia. The early 60s also saw her writing her first novel, The Benefactor. In addition, these journal years are filled with her sexual awakening. At Berkeley, at 16, she recognized herself as a lesbian. Later, at Chicago, she married sociology professor Philip Rieff and bore their son, David. In Europe, without Philip, she returned to an affair with Harriet, her lover at Berkeley and later, in New York, was in a long relationship with Irene, never returning to her marriage.
The entries are mostly notes, lists, and jogs to herself indicating directions she wanted to take. Few entries are developed into purposeful prose; it's sometimes difficult to determine what she was thinking, what her attitudes were, at least in depth. And it's difficult to follow details of her biographical narrative. What is clear is a strong sense of increasing self-awareness and expanding interests. If there's little about her writing, these notes carry hints at what she was reading and studying and how it all influenced her.
Many of these entries are intensely personal. Confessional. Difficult to completely understand her, it's also hard to like her. She whines, complains, bemoans every bump in her rocky love life. Or she writes as though her love life is filled with trouble. She loved hard, agonizing over every experience. Writing her feelings down helped her cope with them, just as noting her scholarly advances allowed her to keep track of the path she climbed. It's equally hard to relate to her learning. Part of it is her enormous intelligence. At 16, at Berkeley, she was filling her journal with challenging entries demonstrating this. Continuing to do so because they were intended for her rather than a reading public, they're not particularly helpful in helping us understand Sontag. Tailored for her own use, she doesn't have to explain how she got to the peak; she's already there and writes in the knowledge she used every day. The troule is, at the top of peaks like Sontag's mind, sometimes a cold wind blows across such a landscape filled with rock and wind. Stark, direct sunlight is wasted. One comes to understand the journal reflects the kind of woman she probably was.
So in this first volume of journals we're able to follow the two parallel courses--emotional and intellectual--of this clever California girl from New York to Europe and back, through lesbian affairs to marriage and motherhood to women lovers again, from young Berkeley undergrad to Columbia professor and novelist. It's quite a ride. By 1961, Sontag disliked herself. The reader may have reservations, too, but can't help finding her fascinating.
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August 2, 2015As I read Susan Sontag's journals, I thought, as is I think kind of inevitable, where I was in my late teens and early 20s, when Sontag was off cavorting with geniuses in Paris and reading dense German romantic epic poems in the original. Let's face it, I was probably ripping a bong in an attic.
Sontag's journals, fractured as they are, are a remarkably portrait of the inner thoughts of one of the 20th Century's big name intellectuals, as she went through book after book and a couple of what were apparently really fucking self-destructive relationships. I'm always afraid that reading the journals of an author will be rather like looking in their laundry basket-- more a project of nosiness than of intellectual curiosity-- but these were pretty interesting.
Sontag's journals, fractured as they are, are a remarkably portrait of the inner thoughts of one of the 20th Century's big name intellectuals, as she went through book after book and a couple of what were apparently really fucking self-destructive relationships. I'm always afraid that reading the journals of an author will be rather like looking in their laundry basket-- more a project of nosiness than of intellectual curiosity-- but these were pretty interesting.
August 11, 2016
毓賳丿 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 兀賷 賰丕鬲亘 貙 鬲賱賵丨 賮賷 丕賱兀賮賯 丿賵賲丕 賱丨馗丕鬲 賯丿賷賲丞 賮賷 丕賱亘丕賱 貙 丕卮賷丕亍 丕卮丕乇賰賴賲 賮賷賴丕 爻賵丕亍丕 亘賳賮爻 丕賱丕鬲噩丕賴 丕賵 毓賰爻賴 貙 賰兀賳賷 亘賯乇丕亍丞 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕禺乇賷賳 兀賯乇兀 丨賷丕鬲賷 貙 兀賵 賰兀賳賷 丕囟卅 賲氐亘丕丨丕 賱丕乇賶 丕賱卮丕乇毓 賮丕乇賶 睾乇賮鬲賷 亘丕賱丨賷賳 賳賮爻賴
April 28, 2016
小'褞蟹械薪 袟芯薪褌邪覒 褑褨谢械 卸懈褌褌褟 胁械谢邪 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻懈. 袩褨褋谢褟 褩褩 褋屑械褉褌褨 褍胁械褋褜 褩褩 邪褉褏褨胁 锌械褉械泄褕芯胁 褍 胁谢邪褋薪褨褋褌褜 褍薪褨胁械褉褋懈褌械褌褍 褨 锌芯褌褉邪锌懈胁 褍 胁褨写薪芯褋薪芯 胁褨写泻褉懈褌懈泄 写芯褋褌褍锌, 褋械斜褌芯 锌褍斜谢褨泻邪褑褨褟 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻褨胁 褋褌邪谢邪 褋锌褉邪胁芯褞 褔邪褋褍. 袙懈写邪薪薪褟 胁褉械褕褌褨 锌褨写谐芯褌褍胁邪胁 褩褩 褋懈薪, 褟泻懈泄 褋褍屑薪褨胁邪胁褋褟 褍 写芯褑褨谢褜薪芯褋褌褨 锌褍斜谢褨泻邪褑褨褩, 邪谢械 胁懈褉褨褕懈胁, 褖芯 泻褉邪褖械 胁卸械 胁褨薪, 邪薪褨卸 褏褌芯褋褜 褨薪褕懈泄. 袘芯蟹薪邪, 褖芯 锌褉芯锌褍褖械薪芯 褉械写邪泻褑褨泄薪懈屑 胁褨写斜芯褉芯屑, 褌邪 泄 胁褨写褋褍褌薪褨褋褌褜 泻芯屑械薪褌邪褉褨胁 薪械 褌褨褕懈褌褜, 褌芯卸, 胁 锌褉懈薪褑懈锌褨, caveat lector.
效懈褌胁芯 褌懈屑 褔邪褋芯屑 锌褉械褑褨泻邪胁械. 袩械褉褕懈泄 褌芯屑, 褍屑芯胁薪芯 泻邪卸褍褔懈, 写芯泻褍屑械薪褌褍褦 卸懈褌褌褟, 褔懈 褌芯 锌邪泻 褨薪褌械谢械泻褌褍邪谢褜薪褍 褌褉邪褦泻褌芯褉褨褞 袟芯薪褌邪覒 胁褨写 14 写芯 30 褉芯泻褨胁 - 胁褨写 蟹胁械褉褏薪褜芯谐芯, 薪邪写屑褨褉褍 褉芯蟹褍屑薪芯谐芯 锌褨写谢褨褌泻邪 (薪械 泻邪卸褨褌褜 屑械薪褨, 褖芯 胁 15 薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪芯 褉芯蟹屑褨褉泻芯胁褍胁邪褌懈 锌褉芯 褌械, 褖芯 "袉写械褩 锌芯褉褍褕褍褞褌褜 褉褨胁薪芯胁邪谐褍 卸懈褌褌褟", 胁懈锌懈褋褍胁邪褌懈 写芯胁谐褨 褋锌懈褋泻懈 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪芯褩 屑褍蟹懈泻懈 薪邪 锌芯褋谢褍褏邪褌懈, 褨 锌芯褔褍胁邪褌懈褋褟 胁褨写褔褍卸械薪芯褞 胁褨写 芯褌芯褔械薪薪褟 薪邪 锌褨写褋褌邪胁褨 胁懈褖芯谐芯 褨薪褌械谢械泻褌褍) 写芯 屑芯谢芯写芯褩 卸褨薪泻懈, 褖芯 锌褉芯斜谢械屑邪褌懈蟹褍褦 褋胁芯褞 芯褉褨褦薪褌邪褑褨褞 ("袦芯褦 锌褉邪谐薪械薪薪褟 锌懈褋邪褌懈 锌芯胁'褟蟹邪薪械 褨蟹 屑芯褦褞 谐芯屑芯褋械泻褋褍邪谢褜薪褨褋褌褞. 袉写械薪褌懈褔薪褨褋褌褜 锌芯褌褉褨斜薪邪 屑械薪褨 褟泻 蟹斜褉芯褟, 褖芯 蟹褉褨胁薪褟谢邪褋褟 斜 蟹褨 蟹斜褉芯褦褞, 褟泻褍 褋褍褋锌褨谢褜褋褌胁芯 屑邪褦 锌褉芯褌懈 屑械薪械"), 写芯, 胁褉械褕褌褨, 薪械胁写邪谢芯谐芯 褕谢褞斜褍 蟹 锌褉芯褎械褋芯褉芯屑.
袩褉芯 褌械, 褔懈屑 写谢褟 薪械褩 褦 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻懈: 褍 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻褍 "褟 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 胁懈褋谢芯胁谢褞褞 褋械斜械 胁褨写胁械褉褌褨褕械, 薪褨卸 屑芯谐谢邪 斜 褨蟹 泻懈屑芯褋褜 褨薪褕懈屑; 褟 褋褌胁芯褉褞褞 褋械斜械. 些芯写械薪薪懈泻 - 褉褍褕褨泄 屑芯谐芯 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟 褋胁芯褦褩 褋邪屑芯褋褌褨."
袛褍卸械 写懈胁薪芯, 锌褉芯 袟芯薪褌邪覒 褍 锌褍斜谢褨褔薪芯屑褍 锌褉芯褋褌芯褉褨 胁褋褨-胁褋褨-胁褋褨 锌懈褕褍褌褜 褟泻 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈褔薪褍 泄 褉褨蟹泻褍 谢褞写懈薪褍, 褟泻邪 did not suffer foolishness (褨 褖芯 褦 写褍褉褨褋褌褞 - 胁懈蟹薪邪褔邪谢邪 蟹褨 褋胁芯褦褩 写芯胁褨谢褜薪芯褩 锌械褉褋锌械泻褌懈胁懈), 邪 胁褋褨 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻懈 锌芯斜褍写芯胁邪薪褨 薪邪 写褍卸械 斜芯谢褨褋薪芯屑褍 薪邪屑邪褑褍胁邪薪薪褨 褋械褉械写懈薪薪芯谐芯 褕谢褟褏褍 屑褨卸 褨写械薪褌懈褔薪褨褋褌褞 褟泻 芯泻褉械屑褨褕薪褨褋褌褞 泄 褨写械薪褌懈褔薪褨褋褌褞 褟泻 胁泻谢褞褔械薪褨褋褌褞 ("械屑芯褑褨泄薪械 卸懈褌褌褟: 写褨邪谢械泻褌懈泻邪 屑褨卸 卸邪谐芯褞 锌褉懈胁邪褌薪芯褋褌褨 褨 锌芯褌褉械斜芯褞 褉芯蟹褔懈薪懈褌懈褋褟 褍 锌褉懈褋褌褉邪褋薪懈褏 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻邪褏 蟹 褨薪褕懈屑"), 薪邪 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪芯屑褍 锌褉芯谐芯胁芯褉褞胁邪薪薪褨 褋胁芯褩褏 薪械写芯谢褨泻褨胁, 褋械褉械写 褟泻懈褏 谐芯谢芯胁薪褨 - "锌芯褌褉械斜邪 褋褏胁邪谢械薪薪褟 褨薪褕懈屑懈. 褋褌褉邪褏 褨薪褕芯谐芯", 薪邪 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪懈褏 褉械蟹芯谢褞褑褨褟褏 屑械薪褕械 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌懈, 屑械薪褕械 锌芯褋屑褨褏邪褌懈褋褟, 锌褉懈泄屑邪褌懈 写褍褕 褖芯写薪褟, 屑懈褌懈 谐芯谢芯胁褍 褖芯 10 写薪褨胁, 薪械 薪邪屑邪谐邪褌懈褋褟 薪褨泻芯谐芯 锌褉懈褔邪褉褍胁邪褌懈.
袣褉褨屑 褌芯谐芯, 褌邪屑 褦: 褋锌懈褋泻懈 褉褨写泻褨褋薪懈褏 褋谢褨胁 褨 薪芯胁懈褏 写谢褟 袟芯薪褌邪覒 褋谢械薪谐芯胁懈褏 胁懈褉邪蟹褨胁, 锌褉懈薪邪谐褨写薪褨 泻芯褉褨薪褑褨 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉芯谢芯谐褨褔薪懈褏 薪邪褉懈褋褨胁 (锌褉芯 袧褜褞-袡芯褉泻 - sensuality submerged in sexuality, 锌褉芯 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪懈泄 胁懈屑褨褉 褏胁芯褉芯斜 褖械 蟹邪写芯胁谐芯 写芯 胁褨写芯屑芯谐芯 械褋械褞), 褋锌懈褋泻懈 锌芯写懈胁谢械薪懈褏 褎褨谢褜屑褨胁 褌邪 褨薪褕褨 debris 褨薪褌械谢械泻褌褍邪谢褜薪芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟.
袩褉芯褋褌芯 锌褉懈泻芯谢褜薪械: "孝褨, 褏褌芯 薪械 胁褨写褔褍胁邪褦 胁褨写锌芯胁褨写邪谢褜薪芯褋褌褨 蟹邪 胁谢邪褋薪褨 胁褔懈薪泻懈, 锌褉懈褉芯写薪褜芯, 薪械薪邪胁懈写褟褌褜 泻褉懈褌懈泻褍. 孝邪泻褨 谢褞写懈 褋锌褉懈泄屑邪褞褌褜 褍褋褨 褋胁芯褩 胁褔懈薪泻懈 褟泻 锌褉懈屑褍褋, 胁芯薪懈 薪械 泄写褍褌褜 胁褨写 薪懈褏 褋邪屑懈褏. 袨褌卸械, 泻褉懈褌懈泻邪 薪械褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁邪".
效懈褌胁芯 褌懈屑 褔邪褋芯屑 锌褉械褑褨泻邪胁械. 袩械褉褕懈泄 褌芯屑, 褍屑芯胁薪芯 泻邪卸褍褔懈, 写芯泻褍屑械薪褌褍褦 卸懈褌褌褟, 褔懈 褌芯 锌邪泻 褨薪褌械谢械泻褌褍邪谢褜薪褍 褌褉邪褦泻褌芯褉褨褞 袟芯薪褌邪覒 胁褨写 14 写芯 30 褉芯泻褨胁 - 胁褨写 蟹胁械褉褏薪褜芯谐芯, 薪邪写屑褨褉褍 褉芯蟹褍屑薪芯谐芯 锌褨写谢褨褌泻邪 (薪械 泻邪卸褨褌褜 屑械薪褨, 褖芯 胁 15 薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪芯 褉芯蟹屑褨褉泻芯胁褍胁邪褌懈 锌褉芯 褌械, 褖芯 "袉写械褩 锌芯褉褍褕褍褞褌褜 褉褨胁薪芯胁邪谐褍 卸懈褌褌褟", 胁懈锌懈褋褍胁邪褌懈 写芯胁谐褨 褋锌懈褋泻懈 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪芯褩 屑褍蟹懈泻懈 薪邪 锌芯褋谢褍褏邪褌懈, 褨 锌芯褔褍胁邪褌懈褋褟 胁褨写褔褍卸械薪芯褞 胁褨写 芯褌芯褔械薪薪褟 薪邪 锌褨写褋褌邪胁褨 胁懈褖芯谐芯 褨薪褌械谢械泻褌褍) 写芯 屑芯谢芯写芯褩 卸褨薪泻懈, 褖芯 锌褉芯斜谢械屑邪褌懈蟹褍褦 褋胁芯褞 芯褉褨褦薪褌邪褑褨褞 ("袦芯褦 锌褉邪谐薪械薪薪褟 锌懈褋邪褌懈 锌芯胁'褟蟹邪薪械 褨蟹 屑芯褦褞 谐芯屑芯褋械泻褋褍邪谢褜薪褨褋褌褞. 袉写械薪褌懈褔薪褨褋褌褜 锌芯褌褉褨斜薪邪 屑械薪褨 褟泻 蟹斜褉芯褟, 褖芯 蟹褉褨胁薪褟谢邪褋褟 斜 蟹褨 蟹斜褉芯褦褞, 褟泻褍 褋褍褋锌褨谢褜褋褌胁芯 屑邪褦 锌褉芯褌懈 屑械薪械"), 写芯, 胁褉械褕褌褨, 薪械胁写邪谢芯谐芯 褕谢褞斜褍 蟹 锌褉芯褎械褋芯褉芯屑.
袩褉芯 褌械, 褔懈屑 写谢褟 薪械褩 褦 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻懈: 褍 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻褍 "褟 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 胁懈褋谢芯胁谢褞褞 褋械斜械 胁褨写胁械褉褌褨褕械, 薪褨卸 屑芯谐谢邪 斜 褨蟹 泻懈屑芯褋褜 褨薪褕懈屑; 褟 褋褌胁芯褉褞褞 褋械斜械. 些芯写械薪薪懈泻 - 褉褍褕褨泄 屑芯谐芯 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟 褋胁芯褦褩 褋邪屑芯褋褌褨."
袛褍卸械 写懈胁薪芯, 锌褉芯 袟芯薪褌邪覒 褍 锌褍斜谢褨褔薪芯屑褍 锌褉芯褋褌芯褉褨 胁褋褨-胁褋褨-胁褋褨 锌懈褕褍褌褜 褟泻 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈褔薪褍 泄 褉褨蟹泻褍 谢褞写懈薪褍, 褟泻邪 did not suffer foolishness (褨 褖芯 褦 写褍褉褨褋褌褞 - 胁懈蟹薪邪褔邪谢邪 蟹褨 褋胁芯褦褩 写芯胁褨谢褜薪芯褩 锌械褉褋锌械泻褌懈胁懈), 邪 胁褋褨 褖芯写械薪薪懈泻懈 锌芯斜褍写芯胁邪薪褨 薪邪 写褍卸械 斜芯谢褨褋薪芯屑褍 薪邪屑邪褑褍胁邪薪薪褨 褋械褉械写懈薪薪芯谐芯 褕谢褟褏褍 屑褨卸 褨写械薪褌懈褔薪褨褋褌褞 褟泻 芯泻褉械屑褨褕薪褨褋褌褞 泄 褨写械薪褌懈褔薪褨褋褌褞 褟泻 胁泻谢褞褔械薪褨褋褌褞 ("械屑芯褑褨泄薪械 卸懈褌褌褟: 写褨邪谢械泻褌懈泻邪 屑褨卸 卸邪谐芯褞 锌褉懈胁邪褌薪芯褋褌褨 褨 锌芯褌褉械斜芯褞 褉芯蟹褔懈薪懈褌懈褋褟 褍 锌褉懈褋褌褉邪褋薪懈褏 褋褌芯褋褍薪泻邪褏 蟹 褨薪褕懈屑"), 薪邪 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪芯屑褍 锌褉芯谐芯胁芯褉褞胁邪薪薪褨 褋胁芯褩褏 薪械写芯谢褨泻褨胁, 褋械褉械写 褟泻懈褏 谐芯谢芯胁薪褨 - "锌芯褌褉械斜邪 褋褏胁邪谢械薪薪褟 褨薪褕懈屑懈. 褋褌褉邪褏 褨薪褕芯谐芯", 薪邪 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪懈褏 褉械蟹芯谢褞褑褨褟褏 屑械薪褕械 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌懈, 屑械薪褕械 锌芯褋屑褨褏邪褌懈褋褟, 锌褉懈泄屑邪褌懈 写褍褕 褖芯写薪褟, 屑懈褌懈 谐芯谢芯胁褍 褖芯 10 写薪褨胁, 薪械 薪邪屑邪谐邪褌懈褋褟 薪褨泻芯谐芯 锌褉懈褔邪褉褍胁邪褌懈.
袣褉褨屑 褌芯谐芯, 褌邪屑 褦: 褋锌懈褋泻懈 褉褨写泻褨褋薪懈褏 褋谢褨胁 褨 薪芯胁懈褏 写谢褟 袟芯薪褌邪覒 褋谢械薪谐芯胁懈褏 胁懈褉邪蟹褨胁, 锌褉懈薪邪谐褨写薪褨 泻芯褉褨薪褑褨 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉芯谢芯谐褨褔薪懈褏 薪邪褉懈褋褨胁 (锌褉芯 袧褜褞-袡芯褉泻 - sensuality submerged in sexuality, 锌褉芯 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪懈泄 胁懈屑褨褉 褏胁芯褉芯斜 褖械 蟹邪写芯胁谐芯 写芯 胁褨写芯屑芯谐芯 械褋械褞), 褋锌懈褋泻懈 锌芯写懈胁谢械薪懈褏 褎褨谢褜屑褨胁 褌邪 褨薪褕褨 debris 褨薪褌械谢械泻褌褍邪谢褜薪芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟.
袩褉芯褋褌芯 锌褉懈泻芯谢褜薪械: "孝褨, 褏褌芯 薪械 胁褨写褔褍胁邪褦 胁褨写锌芯胁褨写邪谢褜薪芯褋褌褨 蟹邪 胁谢邪褋薪褨 胁褔懈薪泻懈, 锌褉懈褉芯写薪褜芯, 薪械薪邪胁懈写褟褌褜 泻褉懈褌懈泻褍. 孝邪泻褨 谢褞写懈 褋锌褉懈泄屑邪褞褌褜 褍褋褨 褋胁芯褩 胁褔懈薪泻懈 褟泻 锌褉懈屑褍褋, 胁芯薪懈 薪械 泄写褍褌褜 胁褨写 薪懈褏 褋邪屑懈褏. 袨褌卸械, 泻褉懈褌懈泻邪 薪械褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁邪".
July 16, 2015
Three years ago The Guardian ran some excerpts from an upcoming edition of Susan Sontag's journals, and despite being at that time little more to me than a massive literary reputation, I was dazzled by her penetrating, often brutal self-dissection of her own personality and intellect. I even dared think I recognized a sensibility shockingly similar to my own. Fast-forward through several years and the journals, a compilation of her earliest, are here, and yes, my suspicions have been borne out. Not that I'd at all equate our intellectual abilities, but I recognize (and in a sense, sympathize over) the slavish desire of creating and shaping an entire identity out of intellectual engagement and a systematic and largely self-imposed exposure to art and the humanities, a desire always at war with the cravings for intense personal experiences.
The "reborn" of the title hints at one of the main underlying themes of these journals: the self-creation Sontag undertakes from being the precocious teenager who graduated high school at 15 and had studied at both Berkeley and University of Chicago before she was 20, to the woman on the brink of superstardom as a public intellectual by her early 20's. These journals document a stunning amount of stuff and happenings--exploring and embracing her lesbianism, a whirlwind marriage and motherhood, divorce, escape to European bohemia, and, of course, the steady evolution of her intellectual abilities and persona. Inevitably, this leads to some uneveness in tone and content, with drastic oscillations between cool academic analysis and rather hysterically-pitched recounting of personal drama (she seems to have modeled her romantic yearnings on the European art films she adored or, as she records a friend of hers commenting, on the characters of Nightwood). But frankly, that's how my, and probably all our journals of those years read too, no?
And so that long wait for the next volume to be released...
"My reading is a hoarding, accumulating, storing up for the future, filling the hole of the present. Sex and eating are entirely different motions--pleasure for themselves, for the present--not serving the past + the future. I ask nothing, not even memory, of them."
The "reborn" of the title hints at one of the main underlying themes of these journals: the self-creation Sontag undertakes from being the precocious teenager who graduated high school at 15 and had studied at both Berkeley and University of Chicago before she was 20, to the woman on the brink of superstardom as a public intellectual by her early 20's. These journals document a stunning amount of stuff and happenings--exploring and embracing her lesbianism, a whirlwind marriage and motherhood, divorce, escape to European bohemia, and, of course, the steady evolution of her intellectual abilities and persona. Inevitably, this leads to some uneveness in tone and content, with drastic oscillations between cool academic analysis and rather hysterically-pitched recounting of personal drama (she seems to have modeled her romantic yearnings on the European art films she adored or, as she records a friend of hers commenting, on the characters of Nightwood). But frankly, that's how my, and probably all our journals of those years read too, no?
And so that long wait for the next volume to be released...
"My reading is a hoarding, accumulating, storing up for the future, filling the hole of the present. Sex and eating are entirely different motions--pleasure for themselves, for the present--not serving the past + the future. I ask nothing, not even memory, of them."
August 18, 2020
susan how DARE you read my mind like this
鈥� the diary of a growing woman, exploring both her Judaism and lesbianism while documenting her numerous cultural discoveries, from movies to books to pieces of classical music. composed of both intimate thoughts about repressed feelings and destructive relationships and more general ones about literature, philosophy, art or even love, this book is as rich as Sontag鈥檚 mind and lively life in NYC, Paris, and other places where she meets other great figures of the 20th century.
鈥淢y desire to write is connected with my homosexuality. I need the identity as a weapon, to match the weapon that society has against me. It doesn鈥檛 justify my homosexuality. But it would give me 鈥� I feel 鈥� a license. I am just becoming aware of how guilty I feel being queer. [鈥 Being queer makes me feel more vulnerable. It increases my wish to hide, to be invisible 鈥� which I鈥檝e always felt anyway.鈥�
鈥� the diary of a growing woman, exploring both her Judaism and lesbianism while documenting her numerous cultural discoveries, from movies to books to pieces of classical music. composed of both intimate thoughts about repressed feelings and destructive relationships and more general ones about literature, philosophy, art or even love, this book is as rich as Sontag鈥檚 mind and lively life in NYC, Paris, and other places where she meets other great figures of the 20th century.
鈥淢y desire to write is connected with my homosexuality. I need the identity as a weapon, to match the weapon that society has against me. It doesn鈥檛 justify my homosexuality. But it would give me 鈥� I feel 鈥� a license. I am just becoming aware of how guilty I feel being queer. [鈥 Being queer makes me feel more vulnerable. It increases my wish to hide, to be invisible 鈥� which I鈥檝e always felt anyway.鈥�
February 8, 2016
"I am not myself with people [...] but am I myself when alone? That seems unlikely, too."
When reflecting on Kafka's diaries, Sontag rightly writes that "Kafka has that magic of actuality in even the most dislocated phrase that no other modern has, a kind of shiver and grinding blue ache in your teeth." Sontag also praises the "clarity and precision" of Gide's diaries, remarking that she feels herself rapidly 'growing' through reading them. The charm of Sontag's diaries lies elsewhere - I think, simply in that they offer us a look into Sontag's constantly whirring mind. When Sontag excerpts Barnes' description of a man whose face "was one of those which, for fear of misuse, has not been used at all", you get the sense that Sontag can't imagine a worse fate. Whatever you think of her as an essayist/novelist/'public intellectual', you can't help but respect Sontag's questioning spirit. (She writes in one entry: "Remember. My ignorance is not [underlined twice in the journal] charming.")
I don't know if these diaries are really 'worth reading' as lbr, they're mostly half-formulated thoughts and lists, but I know that the buzzings of Sontag's mind kept me out of my own head for awhile and I'm grateful for that.
When reflecting on Kafka's diaries, Sontag rightly writes that "Kafka has that magic of actuality in even the most dislocated phrase that no other modern has, a kind of shiver and grinding blue ache in your teeth." Sontag also praises the "clarity and precision" of Gide's diaries, remarking that she feels herself rapidly 'growing' through reading them. The charm of Sontag's diaries lies elsewhere - I think, simply in that they offer us a look into Sontag's constantly whirring mind. When Sontag excerpts Barnes' description of a man whose face "was one of those which, for fear of misuse, has not been used at all", you get the sense that Sontag can't imagine a worse fate. Whatever you think of her as an essayist/novelist/'public intellectual', you can't help but respect Sontag's questioning spirit. (She writes in one entry: "Remember. My ignorance is not [underlined twice in the journal] charming.")
I don't know if these diaries are really 'worth reading' as lbr, they're mostly half-formulated thoughts and lists, but I know that the buzzings of Sontag's mind kept me out of my own head for awhile and I'm grateful for that.
October 4, 2017
had never underlined that many sentences in a book before
October 8, 2019
鈥淪ul Tenere un Diario.
Superficiale intendere il diario solo come il ricettacolo dei propri pensieri privati, segreti 鈥� come se fosse un confidente sordo, muto e analfabeta. Nel diario non mi limito a esprimere me stessa pi煤 apertamente di quanto potrei fare con un鈥檃ltra persona; creo me stessa. Il diario 猫 un mezzo per darmi un senso d鈥檌dentit脿. Mi rappresenta come emotivamente e spiritualmente indipendente. Perci貌 (ahim猫) non registra semplicemente la mia vita concreta, quotidiana ma piuttosto 鈥� in molti casi 鈥� offre un鈥檃lternativa a essa.鈥�
Questi diari e taccuini sono un viaggio all鈥檌nterno dei pensieri intimi di Susan Sontag. Nessuno sconto al lettore. Nessuna edulcorazione. Si incontra cos矛 la donna, la scrittrice, la lettrice esigente (leggeva tantissimo e che emozione vedere tra i suoi autori scelti da leggere Mann, Joyce, Malamud, Roth, London e tanti tanti altri).
Senza veli si mostra nella sua ricerca di affermare la sua identit脿, la sua diversit脿. Non ha paura di raccontare e raccontarsi la sua fatica di amare, di vivere la maternit脿, di vivere nel matrimonio.
鈥淐鈥櫭� spesso una contraddizione tra il senso del nostro comportamento con una persona e ci貌 che in un diario diciamo di provare per quella persona. Ma ci貌 non significa che quello che facciamo 猫 superficiale, e che solo quello che confessiamo a noi stessi 猫 profondo. Le confessioni, e naturalmente intendo le confessioni sincere, possono essere pi煤 superficiali delle azioni.鈥�
Nel leggere questi diari/taccuini, ci si sente un po鈥� cos矛, quasi in colpa nel fare questa lettura: 鈥淩aramente sappiamo ci貌 che gli altri pensano di noi (o, meglio, ci貌 che pensano di pensare di noi)鈥� Mi sento in colpa per aver letto quello che non era destinato ai miei occhi? No. Una delle principali funzioni (sociali) di un giornale intimo o di un diario 猫 proprio quella di essere letto furtivamente da altre persone, quelle persone (come i genitori + gli amanti) sui quali si 猫 stati crudelmente sinceri solo nel diario.鈥�
E lei non risparmia niente n茅 a se stessa n茅 a chi la legge:
鈥淚l problema delle emozioni 猫 essenzialmente un problema di spurgo.
La vita emotiva 猫 un complesso sistema fognario.
Bisogna cacare ogni giorno, altrimenti si intasa.
Mi servono 28 anni di defecazione per superare 28 anni di costipazione.
La costipazione emotiva, l鈥檕rigine dell鈥欌€渁rmatura caratteriale鈥� di Reich.
Da dove cominciare? La psicoanalisi dice: dall鈥檌nventario della merda. Si dissolve, se sottoposta a uno sguardo continuo 鈥� e, tutto sommato, umoristico.鈥�
脠 stata una lettura forte, che in ogni caso arricchisce.
La tentazione maggiore nel leggerla? Analizzarla, come uno psicoanalista. E nel farlo, a mia volta analizzarmi.
Ogni diario intimo, in fondo, 猫 una finestra sul nostro inconscio, un invito a sedersi, per ascoltare la voce pi霉 profonda di se stessi, imparando a decifrarla.
Superficiale intendere il diario solo come il ricettacolo dei propri pensieri privati, segreti 鈥� come se fosse un confidente sordo, muto e analfabeta. Nel diario non mi limito a esprimere me stessa pi煤 apertamente di quanto potrei fare con un鈥檃ltra persona; creo me stessa. Il diario 猫 un mezzo per darmi un senso d鈥檌dentit脿. Mi rappresenta come emotivamente e spiritualmente indipendente. Perci貌 (ahim猫) non registra semplicemente la mia vita concreta, quotidiana ma piuttosto 鈥� in molti casi 鈥� offre un鈥檃lternativa a essa.鈥�
Questi diari e taccuini sono un viaggio all鈥檌nterno dei pensieri intimi di Susan Sontag. Nessuno sconto al lettore. Nessuna edulcorazione. Si incontra cos矛 la donna, la scrittrice, la lettrice esigente (leggeva tantissimo e che emozione vedere tra i suoi autori scelti da leggere Mann, Joyce, Malamud, Roth, London e tanti tanti altri).
Senza veli si mostra nella sua ricerca di affermare la sua identit脿, la sua diversit脿. Non ha paura di raccontare e raccontarsi la sua fatica di amare, di vivere la maternit脿, di vivere nel matrimonio.
鈥淐鈥櫭� spesso una contraddizione tra il senso del nostro comportamento con una persona e ci貌 che in un diario diciamo di provare per quella persona. Ma ci貌 non significa che quello che facciamo 猫 superficiale, e che solo quello che confessiamo a noi stessi 猫 profondo. Le confessioni, e naturalmente intendo le confessioni sincere, possono essere pi煤 superficiali delle azioni.鈥�
Nel leggere questi diari/taccuini, ci si sente un po鈥� cos矛, quasi in colpa nel fare questa lettura: 鈥淩aramente sappiamo ci貌 che gli altri pensano di noi (o, meglio, ci貌 che pensano di pensare di noi)鈥� Mi sento in colpa per aver letto quello che non era destinato ai miei occhi? No. Una delle principali funzioni (sociali) di un giornale intimo o di un diario 猫 proprio quella di essere letto furtivamente da altre persone, quelle persone (come i genitori + gli amanti) sui quali si 猫 stati crudelmente sinceri solo nel diario.鈥�
E lei non risparmia niente n茅 a se stessa n茅 a chi la legge:
鈥淚l problema delle emozioni 猫 essenzialmente un problema di spurgo.
La vita emotiva 猫 un complesso sistema fognario.
Bisogna cacare ogni giorno, altrimenti si intasa.
Mi servono 28 anni di defecazione per superare 28 anni di costipazione.
La costipazione emotiva, l鈥檕rigine dell鈥欌€渁rmatura caratteriale鈥� di Reich.
Da dove cominciare? La psicoanalisi dice: dall鈥檌nventario della merda. Si dissolve, se sottoposta a uno sguardo continuo 鈥� e, tutto sommato, umoristico.鈥�
脠 stata una lettura forte, che in ogni caso arricchisce.
La tentazione maggiore nel leggerla? Analizzarla, come uno psicoanalista. E nel farlo, a mia volta analizzarmi.
Ogni diario intimo, in fondo, 猫 una finestra sul nostro inconscio, un invito a sedersi, per ascoltare la voce pi霉 profonda di se stessi, imparando a decifrarla.
December 19, 2023
*11/23/47
I believe:
...
(b) That the most desirable thing in the world is freedom to be true to oneself, i.e., Honesty
(c) That the only difference between human beings is intelligence
(d) That the only criterion of an action is its ultimate effect on making the individual happy or unhappy
*4/13/48
Ideas disturb the levelness of life.
*12/19/48
...Poetry must be: exact, intense, concrete, significant, rhythmical, formal, complex
...Art, then, is thus always striving to be independent of the mere intelligence...
...Language is not only an instrument but an end in itself...
*12/25/48
Music is at once the most wonderful, the most alive of all the arts - it is the most abstract, the most perfect, the most pure - and the most sensual. I listen with my body and it is my body that aches in response to the passion and pathos embodied in this music.
*2/19/49
...I want to write - I want to live in an intellectual atmosphere - I want to live in a cultural center where I can hear a great deal of music - all this and much more, but...the important thing is that there seems to be no profession better suited to my needs than university teaching...
*April 1949
...in undisguised aloneness, I have figured some pleasures and compensations - in music and books and reading poetry aloud. I need pretend to no one; I dispose of my time as I wish...
*5/31/49
I know the truth now - I know how good and right it is to love - I have, in some part, been given permission to live -
Everything begins from now - I am reborn
*6/13/49
I am infinite - I must never forget it.
*12/29/49
Oh, the ecstasy of aloneness! -...
*2/13/50
One can know worlds one has not experienced, choose a response to life that has never been offered, create an inwardness utterly strong + fruitful.
*9/3/56
All aesthetic judgement is really cultural evaluation
*10/24/56
Thought has no natural boundaries.
Philosophy is topology of thought...
What is thinking without words?
*12/26/56
Interpretation:
Always the presumption of meaning.
*12/31/56
1. Nothing is uninterpreted.
2. To interpret is to determine, restrict; or to exfoliate, read meaning into.
3. Interpretation is the medium by which we justify context.
*1/3/57
Goethe declared that only insufficient knowledge is creative.
*1/6/57
A kind of foolish pride which comes from dieting on high culture for too long.
The only way to write is to write.
A couple in a waiting room. The curious intersection of private + public behavior.
*11/28/57
Morality informs experience, not experience informs morality
*late 1957
Voyeuristic intimacy of the camera.
The camera, by moving around, subtly invites us to embrace one character + exclude another...
*12/31/57
In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself.
*1/4/58
The limits of urban sociability. Privacy (vs. solitude) as a distinctively urban creation.
I water my white mind with books.
Impenetrable disorder of human relations.
Sense of reality = sense that things must be as they are.
*2/23/58
...My ambition - or my consolation - has been to understand life. (Mistaken idea of the spirituality of a writer?) Now I want to simply learn to live with it.
*4/20/58
Being in love - this subtle keen unforgettable sense of the other's uniqueness.
*7/4/58
Madness and sanity the same, in isolation.
*7/14/58
Better to be knowing than innocent.
*11/20/59
I have never been as demanding of anyone as I am of I.
Kant: morality = law
"transpire" does not mean "occur"
"To write is to exist, to be one's self." (De Gourmont)
*1/21/60
Inspiration presents itself to me in the form of anxiety.
*mid February 1960
The churning inside the head - day-long conversations with the absent lover, impulses, fantasies
*2/29/60
My lies are what I think the other person wants to hear.
*3/20/60
The idea of will has often come in to close the gap between what I say (I say what I don't mean - or w/o thinking my feelings through) and what I feel.
*6/12/61
Being lucid = being active, not wanting to be "good," i.e., not wanting to be liked by each in turn
To be able to write, I have to be lucid, alone...
*8/13/61
To write you have to allow yourself to be the person you don't want to be (of all the people you are)
Writing is a beautiful act. It is making something that will give pleasure to others later
*1/7/62
Spirit = lucidity / tranquility
*9/3/62
- I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing - not just a waiting.
Blessed is the mind with something to occupy it other than its own dissatisfactions.
I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it.
*9/20/62
Memory is the test. What one wants to remember - while still in the act or experience...
*3/26/63
Work = being in the world
Loving, being loved = appreciating the world (but not being in it)
Loving is the highest mode of valuing, preferring. But it's not a state of being
*late 1963
The intellectual ecstasy I have had access to since early childhood. But ecstasy is ecstasy.
I believe:
...
(b) That the most desirable thing in the world is freedom to be true to oneself, i.e., Honesty
(c) That the only difference between human beings is intelligence
(d) That the only criterion of an action is its ultimate effect on making the individual happy or unhappy
*4/13/48
Ideas disturb the levelness of life.
*12/19/48
...Poetry must be: exact, intense, concrete, significant, rhythmical, formal, complex
...Art, then, is thus always striving to be independent of the mere intelligence...
...Language is not only an instrument but an end in itself...
*12/25/48
Music is at once the most wonderful, the most alive of all the arts - it is the most abstract, the most perfect, the most pure - and the most sensual. I listen with my body and it is my body that aches in response to the passion and pathos embodied in this music.
*2/19/49
...I want to write - I want to live in an intellectual atmosphere - I want to live in a cultural center where I can hear a great deal of music - all this and much more, but...the important thing is that there seems to be no profession better suited to my needs than university teaching...
*April 1949
...in undisguised aloneness, I have figured some pleasures and compensations - in music and books and reading poetry aloud. I need pretend to no one; I dispose of my time as I wish...
*5/31/49
I know the truth now - I know how good and right it is to love - I have, in some part, been given permission to live -
Everything begins from now - I am reborn
*6/13/49
I am infinite - I must never forget it.
*12/29/49
Oh, the ecstasy of aloneness! -...
*2/13/50
One can know worlds one has not experienced, choose a response to life that has never been offered, create an inwardness utterly strong + fruitful.
*9/3/56
All aesthetic judgement is really cultural evaluation
*10/24/56
Thought has no natural boundaries.
Philosophy is topology of thought...
What is thinking without words?
*12/26/56
Interpretation:
Always the presumption of meaning.
*12/31/56
1. Nothing is uninterpreted.
2. To interpret is to determine, restrict; or to exfoliate, read meaning into.
3. Interpretation is the medium by which we justify context.
*1/3/57
Goethe declared that only insufficient knowledge is creative.
*1/6/57
A kind of foolish pride which comes from dieting on high culture for too long.
The only way to write is to write.
A couple in a waiting room. The curious intersection of private + public behavior.
*11/28/57
Morality informs experience, not experience informs morality
*late 1957
Voyeuristic intimacy of the camera.
The camera, by moving around, subtly invites us to embrace one character + exclude another...
*12/31/57
In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself.
*1/4/58
The limits of urban sociability. Privacy (vs. solitude) as a distinctively urban creation.
I water my white mind with books.
Impenetrable disorder of human relations.
Sense of reality = sense that things must be as they are.
*2/23/58
...My ambition - or my consolation - has been to understand life. (Mistaken idea of the spirituality of a writer?) Now I want to simply learn to live with it.
*4/20/58
Being in love - this subtle keen unforgettable sense of the other's uniqueness.
*7/4/58
Madness and sanity the same, in isolation.
*7/14/58
Better to be knowing than innocent.
*11/20/59
I have never been as demanding of anyone as I am of I.
Kant: morality = law
"transpire" does not mean "occur"
"To write is to exist, to be one's self." (De Gourmont)
*1/21/60
Inspiration presents itself to me in the form of anxiety.
*mid February 1960
The churning inside the head - day-long conversations with the absent lover, impulses, fantasies
*2/29/60
My lies are what I think the other person wants to hear.
*3/20/60
The idea of will has often come in to close the gap between what I say (I say what I don't mean - or w/o thinking my feelings through) and what I feel.
*6/12/61
Being lucid = being active, not wanting to be "good," i.e., not wanting to be liked by each in turn
To be able to write, I have to be lucid, alone...
*8/13/61
To write you have to allow yourself to be the person you don't want to be (of all the people you are)
Writing is a beautiful act. It is making something that will give pleasure to others later
*1/7/62
Spirit = lucidity / tranquility
*9/3/62
- I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing - not just a waiting.
Blessed is the mind with something to occupy it other than its own dissatisfactions.
I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it.
*9/20/62
Memory is the test. What one wants to remember - while still in the act or experience...
*3/26/63
Work = being in the world
Loving, being loved = appreciating the world (but not being in it)
Loving is the highest mode of valuing, preferring. But it's not a state of being
*late 1963
The intellectual ecstasy I have had access to since early childhood. But ecstasy is ecstasy.
April 5, 2015
兀毓乇賮 胤亘毓丕賸 兀賳賷 賮囟賵賱賷. 兀賵 卮丿賷丿 丕賱賮囟賵賱. 丕賳賰卮賮 賱賷 匕賱賰 賲賳 丨亘賷 賵卮睾賮賷 賱賯乇丕亍丞 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳. 賯丿賷賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 丿賮丕鬲乇 兀亘賷. 賵亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 丕賱賲賳卮賵乇丞.
听賮賷 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 爻賵夭丕賳 爻賵賳鬲丕睾 丕賱賲亘賰乇丞听 (1947- 1963) - 賵賱丕丿丞 孬丕賳賷丞貙 爻賷鬲賰卮賮 賱賱賯丕乇卅 噩賲丕賱 丕賱鬲丿賵賷賳 兀賵 丕賱鬲爻噩賷賱 丕賱賷賵賲賷. 賮丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 胤賵丕賱 丕賱賵賯鬲 賰丕賳鬲 賲賳賴賲賰丞 賮賷 丨賵丕乇 匕丕鬲賷 丿丕禺賱賷貨 毓鬲丕亘 賵丨爻丕亘. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賰鬲亘 賵鬲毓賱賯 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇丕賵丿賴丕. 賵丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯乇兀賴丕. 賵丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 丕賱匕賷賳 鬲賯丕亘賱賴賲. 賵兀氐丿賯丕丐賴丕 丕賱匕賷賳 丕乇鬲亘胤鬲 亘賴賲. 賵賯賵丕卅賲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷. 賵乇丨賱丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賯丕賲鬲 亘賴丕. 賵賲卮丕賰賱賴丕 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 賵兀賵噩丕毓賴丕.
听賮賷 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 爻賵夭丕賳 爻賵賳鬲丕睾 丕賱賲亘賰乇丞听 (1947- 1963) - 賵賱丕丿丞 孬丕賳賷丞貙 爻賷鬲賰卮賮 賱賱賯丕乇卅 噩賲丕賱 丕賱鬲丿賵賷賳 兀賵 丕賱鬲爻噩賷賱 丕賱賷賵賲賷. 賮丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 胤賵丕賱 丕賱賵賯鬲 賰丕賳鬲 賲賳賴賲賰丞 賮賷 丨賵丕乇 匕丕鬲賷 丿丕禺賱賷貨 毓鬲丕亘 賵丨爻丕亘. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賰鬲亘 賵鬲毓賱賯 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇丕賵丿賴丕. 賵丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯乇兀賴丕. 賵丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 丕賱匕賷賳 鬲賯丕亘賱賴賲. 賵兀氐丿賯丕丐賴丕 丕賱匕賷賳 丕乇鬲亘胤鬲 亘賴賲. 賵賯賵丕卅賲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷. 賵乇丨賱丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賯丕賲鬲 亘賴丕. 賵賲卮丕賰賱賴丕 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 賵兀賵噩丕毓賴丕.
January 9, 2023
Susan Sontag'谋n 14-30 ya艧lar谋 aras谋nda tuttu臒u g眉nl眉kler.
kar谋艧谋k ruh halleri, hisler yaz谋lardan f谋艧k谋ran bir tedirginlik tela艧, belki?
kendini anlamaya 莽al谋艧malar, yap谋lacaklar, yap谋lmayacaklar, oradan oraya atlamalar, okudu臒umu anlayamad谋臒谋m anlar, tekrar tekrar okumalar, anlamaya 莽al谋艧mak i莽in, 艧a艧谋rmalar, s眉rprizler, m眉thi艧 bir zihin, onu izlemeye anlamaya ya da anlamamaya 莽al谋艧mak.
Harikayd谋. Bay谋l谋yorum ona.
kar谋艧谋k ruh halleri, hisler yaz谋lardan f谋艧k谋ran bir tedirginlik tela艧, belki?
kendini anlamaya 莽al谋艧malar, yap谋lacaklar, yap谋lmayacaklar, oradan oraya atlamalar, okudu臒umu anlayamad谋臒谋m anlar, tekrar tekrar okumalar, anlamaya 莽al谋艧mak i莽in, 艧a艧谋rmalar, s眉rprizler, m眉thi艧 bir zihin, onu izlemeye anlamaya ya da anlamamaya 莽al谋艧mak.
Harikayd谋. Bay谋l谋yorum ona.
November 12, 2017
En octubre le铆 un ensayo de la autora que me dej贸 completamente maravillada, as铆 que en cuanto vi en la biblioteca la primera parte de sus Diarios, no me lo pens茅.
Decir que Susan Sontag est谩 a otro nivel, es quedarse corta, en serio esta mujer con 14 a帽os escrib铆a cosas como esta:
23/11/47
Creo: que no hay un dios personal o vida despu茅s de la muerte. que lo m谩s deseable en el mundo es la libertad de ser fiel a uno mismo, es decir la Honradez. Que la 煤nica diferencia entre los seres humanos es la inteligencia. Que el 煤nico criterio de una acci贸n es su efecto 煤ltimo en la felicidad o infelicidad de una persona. Que est谩 mal privar a cualquier de la vida...
Con esta carta de presentaci贸n, ya te puedes imaginar el grado de inteligencia y lucidez que vas a encontrarte entre sus p谩ginas. Sin embargo, los diarios no est谩n editados, es decir, van tal cual, la fecha con la entrada de ese d铆a, salvo alguna explicaci贸n en cursiva a modo de aclaraci贸n, no hay m谩s.
Adem谩s hay reflexiones tan personales e 铆ntimas que en ocasiones, he tenido la sensaci贸n de estar invadiendo la intimidad de la autora. Hay que tener en cuenta que ella no dej贸 dicho nada acerca de su publicaci贸n, y fue su hijo quien, a t铆tulo p贸stumo, lo hizo.
De todas formas, no es una lectura tediosa, ni lenta; est谩 llena de recomendaciones literarias, de pensamientos, ideas, hay momentos duros, otros m谩s graciosos...En definitiva, la vida de Susan sin ning煤n filtro.
January 30, 2016
賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 兀毓鬲乇賮 兀賳 賲丨乇乇 賴匕賴 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 丿賷賮賷丿 乇賷賮 賭 丕亘賳 爻賵夭丕賳 爻賵賳鬲丕睾 賭 賱賲 賷賰賳 亘丕乇賸丕 亘兀賲賴 毓賳丿賲丕 賳卮乇 賴匕賴 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 廿匕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 丕賱賲鬲毓丕乇賮 毓賱賷賴 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賲賱丕丨馗丕鬲 賲亘毓孬乇丞 賱賲 鬲賰鬲亘 亘丕賳鬲馗丕賲.
賵賱丿鬲 爻賵夭丕賳 賮賷 賷賳丕賷乇 佟侃伲伲 賮賴匕賴 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 鬲毓鬲亘乇 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賳 孬賱丕孬丞 兀噩夭丕亍 卮賰賱 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕賵賱 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 丕賱夭賲賳賷丞 佟侃伽侑 - 佟侃佴伲 (佗伽-伲贍) 爻賳丞貙 賵氐丿乇 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賳賷 鬲丨鬲 毓賳賵丕賳 "賰賲丕 賷購爻賻禺賻賾乇 丕賱噩爻丿 賱賱賵毓賷" 佟侃佴伽 - 佟侃侉贍 (伲佟-伽侑) 爻賳丞.
賵賴匕賴 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賲亘毓孬乇丞 賰鬲亘 亘丿賵賳 丕賳鬲馗丕賲 賵賱丕 鬲賮氐賷賱貙 兀賮囟賱 賲丕 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 卮睾賮 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 亘丕賱賰鬲亘 賵禺氐賵氐賸丕 賮賷 賮鬲乇丞 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞貙 賮賯丿 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賯乇兀 賵鬲毓賷丿 賯乇丕亍丞 亘毓囟 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱賲賴賲丞 賵鬲毓賯丿 賲賯丕乇賳丞 亘亘賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕賱賰鬲亘 賵丕賴鬲賲鬲 賮賷 賵賯鬲 賱丕丨賯 亘丕賱賲爻乇丨賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓乇囟 賮賷 亘丕乇賷爻 賵丕賱兀賮賱丕賲 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丞.
睾賷乇 賴匕賴 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 賱賳 鬲丨丿 賳賮毓賸丕 亘賲毓乇賮丞 兀賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲孬賱賷丞 卮丕匕丞貙 賵賱毓賱賳丕 賳丨鬲丕噩 賱賱丕胤賱丕毓 毓賱賶 亘賯賷丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賱賰賷 賳丨爻賳 氐賵乇丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 亘毓賷丿賸丕 毓賳 賲孬賱賷鬲賴丕 丕賱噩賳爻賷丞.
March 9, 2009
This is the first thing I've read by Sontag, and perhaps a strange place to start. As reading enjoyment the beginning was the most compelling as Sontag undergoes swift changes in her intellectual landscape and social life. Her endless list of books to read are all inspiring and act as doorways to other people to check out (Kafka's diaries, Gide). The latter part is a little more scattered, but still filled with interesting and often pretty dark views into her psyche while leaving her family behind and having a seemingly unhealthy affair in Paris. The journal format is very appealing to me right now, maybe because of the honest and unfiltered thoughts that are put down. It's interesting to see the various forms her thoughts take and observations on art, society, emotion and intellect.
April 16, 2025
I've been keeping a journal since I was young, and I deeply admire anyone who does the same. I'm always fascinated by the lives of writers , how they spent their days, processed their thoughts, and navigated the world without the internet or modern technology, especially in the 90s. So when I stumbled upon Reborn by Susan Sontag, I instantly thanked the universe for my luck. I just knew I would love it and draw endless inspiration from its pages.
While I was initially expecting a broader range of topics, I found that the book primarily explores her sexual desires, her experience as a queer woman, and her love for another woman during that era. Though that focus surprised me, I still enjoyed most of the entries. Some passages were challenging to understand due to their deeply philosophical and psychological nature, but they offered a raw and intimate glimpse into her inner world.
Overall, I鈥檓 incredibly grateful to have discovered this book. It reaffirmed my love for journaling and reminded me of the power of writing as a way to explore identity, longing, and self-awareness.
While I was initially expecting a broader range of topics, I found that the book primarily explores her sexual desires, her experience as a queer woman, and her love for another woman during that era. Though that focus surprised me, I still enjoyed most of the entries. Some passages were challenging to understand due to their deeply philosophical and psychological nature, but they offered a raw and intimate glimpse into her inner world.
Overall, I鈥檓 incredibly grateful to have discovered this book. It reaffirmed my love for journaling and reminded me of the power of writing as a way to explore identity, longing, and self-awareness.
June 5, 2021
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邪 褋锌懈褋泻懈 胁褋械谐芯 薪邪 褋胁械褌械 写芯谢卸薪褘 斜褘褌褜 芯褌写械谢褜薪芯屑 卸邪薪褉芯屑 胁 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉械.
邪 褋锌懈褋泻懈 胁褋械谐芯 薪邪 褋胁械褌械 写芯谢卸薪褘 斜褘褌褜 芯褌写械谢褜薪芯屑 卸邪薪褉芯屑 胁 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉械.
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February 27, 2022Todas as inconfid锚ncias. Todos os sentimentos e sensa莽玫es. A an谩lise extensa e intensiva de cada part铆cula do seu ser: resta-nos tirar o intelectual admirado do seu pedestal. 脡 para isso que serve um 诲颈谩谤颈辞?
Ler 诲颈谩谤颈辞s de pessoas que admiramos - o conte煤do cru e sem edi莽茫o, todas as repeti莽玫es, exalta莽玫es e dores de alma - obriga-nos ao confronto com a humanidade inevit谩vel das mentes mais brilhantes, mentes brilhantes mas, ainda assim, atormentadas e vivendo as chatices das suas vidas como n贸s vivemos as nossas (a paix茫o, as contas para pagar, as listas de livros e filmes, os filhos, os div贸rcios, as enxaquecas, o sexo med铆ocre, a psican谩lise...). Susan Sontag construiu-se, como diz ela pr贸pria, na escrita de um 诲颈谩谤颈辞 que espelha todas as suas preocupa莽玫es, principalmente as de cariz amoroso e sexual (que mulher t茫o sofrida!).
E, como se n茫o bastasse, ao longo da leitura nunca me esqueci e sempre me questionei acerca da reac莽茫o de David, filho de Sontag, ao ler os 诲颈谩谤颈辞s a m茫e, 诲颈谩谤颈辞s esses que ele editou. Como ser谩 conhecer a m茫e, de uma perspectiva que n茫o 茅 a dela enquanto (apenas) m茫e?
N茫o avaliei a leitura, porque, no fim de contas, o que h谩 para avaliar num 诲颈谩谤颈辞 铆ntimo? Pessoalmente, gostei, apesar da quantidade de momentos em que me aborreci com tanto dramalh茫o com as amantes. Gostei, porque 茅 uma honra ter acesso aos pensamentos mais privados de algu茅m se admira e que tanto trouxe ao mundo das ideias como o conhecemos, e poder apanhar, de entre o amontoado de epis贸dios e preocupa莽玫es da vida dos comuns mortais, as p茅rolas geniais de uma pensadora em forma莽茫o (e t茫o, t茫o novinha, mas j谩 t茫o consciente de si e dos outros).
Ler 诲颈谩谤颈辞s de pessoas que admiramos - o conte煤do cru e sem edi莽茫o, todas as repeti莽玫es, exalta莽玫es e dores de alma - obriga-nos ao confronto com a humanidade inevit谩vel das mentes mais brilhantes, mentes brilhantes mas, ainda assim, atormentadas e vivendo as chatices das suas vidas como n贸s vivemos as nossas (a paix茫o, as contas para pagar, as listas de livros e filmes, os filhos, os div贸rcios, as enxaquecas, o sexo med铆ocre, a psican谩lise...). Susan Sontag construiu-se, como diz ela pr贸pria, na escrita de um 诲颈谩谤颈辞 que espelha todas as suas preocupa莽玫es, principalmente as de cariz amoroso e sexual (que mulher t茫o sofrida!).
E, como se n茫o bastasse, ao longo da leitura nunca me esqueci e sempre me questionei acerca da reac莽茫o de David, filho de Sontag, ao ler os 诲颈谩谤颈辞s a m茫e, 诲颈谩谤颈辞s esses que ele editou. Como ser谩 conhecer a m茫e, de uma perspectiva que n茫o 茅 a dela enquanto (apenas) m茫e?
N茫o avaliei a leitura, porque, no fim de contas, o que h谩 para avaliar num 诲颈谩谤颈辞 铆ntimo? Pessoalmente, gostei, apesar da quantidade de momentos em que me aborreci com tanto dramalh茫o com as amantes. Gostei, porque 茅 uma honra ter acesso aos pensamentos mais privados de algu茅m se admira e que tanto trouxe ao mundo das ideias como o conhecemos, e poder apanhar, de entre o amontoado de epis贸dios e preocupa莽玫es da vida dos comuns mortais, as p茅rolas geniais de uma pensadora em forma莽茫o (e t茫o, t茫o novinha, mas j谩 t茫o consciente de si e dos outros).
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May 19, 2023To nie jest pozycja dla ka偶dego. Nier贸wna, momentami poszarpana, obszerne fragmenty wytargane z kontekstu, kt贸rego by膰 mo偶e nie potrafi艂a uchwyci膰 nawet sama Sontag. Dla mnie to uczta, bo ja uwielbiam zerka膰 do gryzmo艂贸w innych ludzi, bez wzgl臋du na to, czy znajd臋 tam epopej臋 ich 偶ycia, czy nieko艅cz膮ce si臋 listy ksi膮偶ek, oper, zakup贸w.
March 29, 2010
I read a while back and seem to remember enjoying it, or at least not hating it. I meant to read more Sontag at that time, but then as typical I got distracted by something else. But then I came across this in the store, flipped through it, and fell in love.
I love journals. My own, artist's journals, writer's journals, your journal, whatever. If I'm given permission, I'll read it. But it's sort of a touchy thing with me, one that causes a lot of internal conflict. On one hand, I will kill anyone who dares look at my journals from across the room without my permission, so I'd roll over in my grave if someone published them posthumously. But on the other hand, I'm such a sick and twisted individual that I can't turn away. (The one exception being Kurt Cobain's in which I really do not feel it was appropriate to publish them and wish to respect his privacy.)
Susan Sontag did not give permission to publish her journals. Her son, David Rieff, published them posthumously, and he discusses his reasoning in the Introduction. He also edited her writing, which means that he most likely removed the especially private or personal details of his mother's life as well as altered the names of some of the more personal people in her life to protect their privacy. So, since I read this book in one day, clearly I felt okay about reading this. And now I'm going to rave about her.
It appears Sontag was basically a freaking genius. She attended college at like 16, and that's where these journals begin. I don't know about you, but at 16 I was worried about a lot of stupid shit, and my journals from that time reflect that. I was nowhere near prepared for college, mentally or emotionally. I wasn't dumb, but put me next to Sontag and she'd probably kick my ass at anything.
Between writing of life experiences (like becoming a lesbian and then, later, her volatile heterosexual marriage), Sontag had a habit of writing lists of books she wanted to purchase, or movies she had seen. Dude, I do that (minus the lesbian-writing part). And she read good stuff, including personal faves such as and . We see how she grew into becoming a writer, which is always fun for me - I love seeing the progress one makes in becoming an artist in any medium.
And then some of it is pretty tedious: "Drank a glass of cold milk."
Amen, sister.
I love journals. My own, artist's journals, writer's journals, your journal, whatever. If I'm given permission, I'll read it. But it's sort of a touchy thing with me, one that causes a lot of internal conflict. On one hand, I will kill anyone who dares look at my journals from across the room without my permission, so I'd roll over in my grave if someone published them posthumously. But on the other hand, I'm such a sick and twisted individual that I can't turn away. (The one exception being Kurt Cobain's in which I really do not feel it was appropriate to publish them and wish to respect his privacy.)
Susan Sontag did not give permission to publish her journals. Her son, David Rieff, published them posthumously, and he discusses his reasoning in the Introduction. He also edited her writing, which means that he most likely removed the especially private or personal details of his mother's life as well as altered the names of some of the more personal people in her life to protect their privacy. So, since I read this book in one day, clearly I felt okay about reading this. And now I'm going to rave about her.
It appears Sontag was basically a freaking genius. She attended college at like 16, and that's where these journals begin. I don't know about you, but at 16 I was worried about a lot of stupid shit, and my journals from that time reflect that. I was nowhere near prepared for college, mentally or emotionally. I wasn't dumb, but put me next to Sontag and she'd probably kick my ass at anything.
Between writing of life experiences (like becoming a lesbian and then, later, her volatile heterosexual marriage), Sontag had a habit of writing lists of books she wanted to purchase, or movies she had seen. Dude, I do that (minus the lesbian-writing part). And she read good stuff, including personal faves such as and . We see how she grew into becoming a writer, which is always fun for me - I love seeing the progress one makes in becoming an artist in any medium.
From now on - as discipline - I will avoid dialogue as much as possible, since in my stories so far, it is almost all dialogue - + very bad too - but nothing in between.
And then some of it is pretty tedious: "Drank a glass of cold milk."
Amen, sister.
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