#783 The Other- Tove Jannson
An artist or a writer is suddenly stricken with inspiration. It comes in the form of a sort of out-of-body-experience. He is literally standing beside himself and he begins to draw letters, but not necessarily words or sentences. He likes the space and shape of the letters, so he lets the meaning come on its own.
“He usually started inking from the bottom up so that he wouldn’t be distracted by the meaning of he words.”
Then he can’t find it. The inspiration is gone and he stands alone. He misses the perspective he needs to create his art. Without it he wanders around avoiding all contact literally looking for himself. A very powerful metaphor for the artistic struggle.
Notable Passage: “His whole body burned with an enormous unused power.”
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