“How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?”
— Virginia Woolf, Selected Essays
Hat tip to Ratak Monodosico.
Category Archive 'Virginia Woolf'
21 May 2015
Why People Turn to ArtArt, Suicide, Virginia Woolf, Words of Wisdom“How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?” Hat tip to Ratak Monodosico. 16 Nov 2011
The Severed WaspGeorge Orwell, Modernism, Philosophy, Soren Kierkegaard, The Severed Wasp, Virginia WoolfDavid Wemyss takes an anecdote from George Orwell as the title of a thoughtful essay on alienation (which he refers to as “insularity”) as seen in the writings Orwell, Woolf, and Kierkegaard, man’s alienation from his fellow man (particularly those of other classes and conditions) and the alienation of some modern intellectuals from values and self. Virginia Woolf is treated harshly.
Hat tip to Bird Dog. Feeds
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