This Restless Life


As long as I am alive I write. I do not know how many days ahead of me is left. I was inspired by review on the book of Brigid Delaney “This restless life” (SMH Spectrum 29-20.08.2009, p.26). She has a pessimistic approach to the life full of actions. I understand she might be tired – “in her 34 years she held 144 jobs, lived in 15 cities and searches for love through all the modern mechanism”. But she seems to forget about billions of people living on the country side who desperately want to get away from those places where time stands still like water in their ponds.
A Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz managed to leave Europe just before II WW started. And he didn’t come back to take part in it. He stayed in Argentina. A war was for him only a means to deal with boredom. Pre-war Europe was sleeping, all her citizens were trapped in routine of predictable life. German philosophers have found out that you can divide people into two classes: lords and sub-people. Since then everyone in Europe tries to prove who the best is.
What I like about Gombrowicz is that he is trying to free people from being either Polish or German, either restless or restful. First of all we are individuals. Everyone’s life is a big drama. Regardless the position we held – you might be a small farmer or Barack Obama – we are trapped between birth and death. We need to get out of form assign to us by our environment and wake up. After you are free from others opinions you can find a lot of beauty in this life.
Wake up Paweł!


On the way from Brisbane to Sydney. Thanks Yusuke for this charming photo!

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