Grateful for the thoughtful mulling, Johanna. Feel similar. The offering up of the art itself is the difference - a sacrifice of praise rather than a clasped crown. The quality of that work is, however, some terminally mysterious interplay between natural talent and sought grace. But the work can absolutely reveal to us that we should be doing other work instead.
Thank you for this post, Joanna. I never much liked the 'Amadeus' film - Mozart was so silly and irresponsible he really annoyed me. But your analysis has given me a better appreciation of it. And made me realise that I am something of a Salieri too. Food for thought.
Thanks for reading, Alison! Yeah, Tom Hulce played it a little too puckish, I think. But the director, Milos Forman, always takes the side of the rebels in his movies, so I suppose he encouraged it.
Grateful for the thoughtful mulling, Johanna. Feel similar. The offering up of the art itself is the difference - a sacrifice of praise rather than a clasped crown. The quality of that work is, however, some terminally mysterious interplay between natural talent and sought grace. But the work can absolutely reveal to us that we should be doing other work instead.
Thanks as always, Adrian. Art as offering is a beautiful way of putting it and nails it, I think.
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnogowski/p/the-salinger-finale-so-far-anyway?r=7pf7u&utm_medium=ios
Fascinating, thanks!
Thank you for this post, Joanna. I never much liked the 'Amadeus' film - Mozart was so silly and irresponsible he really annoyed me. But your analysis has given me a better appreciation of it. And made me realise that I am something of a Salieri too. Food for thought.
Thanks for reading, Alison! Yeah, Tom Hulce played it a little too puckish, I think. But the director, Milos Forman, always takes the side of the rebels in his movies, so I suppose he encouraged it.