On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Steven Peterson wrote: > Hi All, > > Just finished Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel, the latest from the > author of Life of Pi--one of my all-time favorites: > > "Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be > real, but it’s true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to > emotional and psychological truths. As for nonfiction, for history, it > may be real, but its truth is slippery, hard to access, with no fixed > meaning bolted to it. If history doesn’t become story, it dies to > everyone except the historian. Art is the suitcase of history, > carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, > art is memory, art is vaccine." > > “In addition to the knowledge of history...we need the understanding > of art. Stories identify, unify, give meaning to. Just as music is > noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a > story is life that makes sense." > > Have you read this? I'm not sure what to say about that last bit right > now other than that it grabbed me. I'd be interested in hearing your > thougts while I wait for the dust to settle. > > Best, > Steve
Hi Steve, I'll give the book a try. Thanks for the suggestion. Marsha ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
