Gombrowism

Roberto Bolano...I'm a fan of Bolano. Have you read him? Anyway, Bolano was a self-proclaimed Ferdydurkist. Meaning, he was an admirer of the novel Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz. I can't say that I'm a Ferdydurkist (wasn't that fond of the novel), but I will say that I'm a Gombrowiczist. Let's just call it Gombrowism. I'm a Gombrowist. Because of passages like this from his Diary (pg 39):

To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully when it appears in an imperfect, accidental, and fragmentary way, somehow just signaling its presence, allowing one to feel it through the ineptitude of the interpretation. I prefer the Chopin that reaches me in the street from an open window to the Chopin served in great style from the concert stage.

 And such.

Oliver and Lucy

Oliver is my son. He was born last year sometime. Lucy seems to like him.

Finnegans Wake, Page 48 [50]

Finnegans Wake, Page 47 [49]

Caught Mud Handed

Finnegans Wake, Page 46 [48]

Finnegans Wake, Page 45 [47]

The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly

(w/ unintentional change of key)

Finnegans Wake, Page 44 [46]

The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly

Finnegans Wake, Page 43 [45]

The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly

Finnegans Wake, Page 42 [44]

Finnegans Wake, Page 41 [43]

Finnegans Wake, Page 40 [42]

Finnegans Wake, Page 39 [41]

Finnegans Wake, Page 38 [40]

Bath Time

Finnegans Wake, Page 37 [39]

Finnegans Wake, Page 36 [38]

Finnegans Wake, Page 35 [37]

Finnegans Wake, Page 34 [36]

Finnegans Wake, Page 33 [35]