I got major Bio of Savage vibes with this piece. The one line that hit me was how he never realized he could actually just make art. Which seems like the missing piece: people who care about others need to tell them when they have done something great, and should keep doing it. Wonderful piece!
Henry - enjoyed this one - you might like Tom Rachman's novel "The Italian Teacher" (actually, given your appreciation for Dickens, any of Rachman's novels are worth checking out) - it also has a late blooming (... or hidden blooming?) motif. Peter Carey's "Theft" and Daniel Kehlmann's "F" are also good on muddying the waters between art/plagiarism, truth/lies.
I got major Bio of Savage vibes with this piece. The one line that hit me was how he never realized he could actually just make art. Which seems like the missing piece: people who care about others need to tell them when they have done something great, and should keep doing it. Wonderful piece!
Thanks Jon. Absolutely agree, this is such a lesson is the importance of raising people's aspirations. Savage an interesting comparison!
Henry - enjoyed this one - you might like Tom Rachman's novel "The Italian Teacher" (actually, given your appreciation for Dickens, any of Rachman's novels are worth checking out) - it also has a late blooming (... or hidden blooming?) motif. Peter Carey's "Theft" and Daniel Kehlmann's "F" are also good on muddying the waters between art/plagiarism, truth/lies.
I have been reading “F” and it is really excellent. Thank you for the recommendation. Rachman next!
Great, I'll check it out, thanks!
Very interesting - thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
Plagiarism is wrong.
It is a lie.
“Live not by lies.”
-Alexander Solzhenitsyn
All art is a lie...