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“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.��
�� Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own



An important piece on women and literature. But more than that, 'A Room of One's Own' is a piece on education and literature, money and literature, space and literature. Woolf explores how money and space are essential to a person being able to have the things needed for art.

It reminds me a bit of Ezekiel 3:3 -

"And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness."

We often hear about starving artists, or prophets that are nourished only by the truths of God. God's word is all man needs and through the word, man would be strengthened. Such an idea is poetic and beautiful. The biblical imagery is amazing. And I think of some prophet/scribe somewhere writing this, fat, well-fed, munching on some figs while he developed the idea of feasting only on the words of God.

I guess I am more partial to the idea found in 1 Corinthians 15:46 -

"Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual."

Before you can deal with the spiritual (and I view the artistic as a form of spiritual. Much as I view the great artist/poet/author as almost a visionary/prophet/seer. You got to feed and take care of that shit before you are going to get much in the way of inspiration. Inspiration rarely comes on an empty stomach. The starving artist can be a bit of a cliché. Shostakovich might have been hungry while writing his 7th symphony, but the 7th symphony wasn't BETTER because he was hungry.

Anyway, I depart from the book and jump too far into scripture. This isn't meant as a sermon. Woolf's 'Room of One's Own' isn't a complicated book, but it is revolutionary in its way. I loved it. It was, like almost everything Woolf writes, a beautiful river filled with diamonds. It carries you and occasionally drops luxury into your lap.