This I Believe
The thing is…
JUST read this amazing book by Carlos Fuentes, which I found on the library shelves.
The person who works by night inevitably ends up feeling like the creator of the world. If he doesn’t work through the night, the sun will not come out the following day. As I would be getting ready for bed, Carlos would come in to say goodnight, wrapped in an old beach robe. Only once, thinking that I was asleep, did he retreat from me murmuring, “I am damned.” Then the night would come and give him all the education he needed. The night was his metaphor. The night came and no one could stop it. It is the hour for the creation that battles with darkness and death.
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Confederacy of shadows, intertwined destinies and death, people and all they leave behind, inert, in a drawer, in a closet, on an empty canvas or a blank page. And despite everything, we fight to hold on to the heat of the object, the force of the brushstroke, the footprint of the man who walks…What joy it was to learn that Carlos, gifted with an intuition that was both wonderful and terrible, spent the last evening of his existence, in Puerto Vallarta, phoning all his friends, all over the world, telling them about his plans to finish his movie, publish his book of poems, exhibit his artwork, telling them he was happy, strong, full of creativity, in love with his girlfriend Yvette. The following morning he collapsed under the weight of a pulmonary infarction.
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If I’ve a child I might well name her Carol. For music’s sake. We give names to exorcise. I’m a poet. I’m not a lawyer. But I’ll learn because of issues dear to me, such as land law. It’s gonna be a long road ahead, but I’m pretty happy…was surfing the Intranet for NUS courses and getting. So. Excited! :) I eventually want to teach, though. NUS seems like the best choice. Are they short of teachers or what? How come so many interesting-sounding courses are not being offered?