#847 The Two Stories- Feslisberto Hernandez
Which one is more tortured, the lover or the writer? A man working in a toy workshop is tortured with a story in his head. He has been inspired by the love of a woman, he cant concentrate and has been admonished at work for his unfocussed demeanor. He sets down to write the story, but finds it is lost, and so it is for his love as well.
“He has set down with the purpose of telling everything exactly as it had happened—and soon realized this was impossible. And that was when his vague and secret anguish began.”
What follows is some notes from his writing during the period of his infatuation. Like waking from a dream, stories can be fleeting images left in mind. They are left blurry, vague, and maddeningly unattainable, just out of your grasp. The anguish of greatness lost.
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