A writer must “know and have an ever-present consciousness that this world is a world of fools and rogues… tormented with envy, consumed with vanity; selfish, false, cruel, cursed with illusions… He should free himself of all doctrines, theories, etiquettes, politics…” —Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?). “The nobility of the writer's occupation lies in resisting oppression, thus in accepting isolation” —Albert Camus (1913-1960). “What are you gonna do” —Bertha Brown (1895-1987).
Welcome, Sisyphus, to This is Your Life! In this case, This is Your Stone! Tell us how you met, how you get along, the whole enchilada.... -Prof. Kirill Thompson at National Taiwan University, Foreign Languages and Literature
My Dear Professor: It wasn't because I stole secrets from the gods; it wasn't because of Mercury; neither was it because of my "scorn of the gods" or my "hatred of death." It was because of my passion for teaching that I push the stone of educating youth. My "fate belongs to [me]" and "the struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill [my] heart..." -Sisyphus
I read this subject line as "Syphilis" instead of Sisyphus...I'm blaming it on my aging eyes and not a Freudian slip! Hope all is well, Glen!
ReplyDeleteYou're still a funny rascal, Mike.
DeleteWelcome, Sisyphus, to This is Your Life! In this case, This is Your Stone! Tell us how you met, how you get along, the whole enchilada.... -Prof. Kirill Thompson at National Taiwan University, Foreign Languages and Literature
ReplyDeleteMy Dear Professor: It wasn't because I stole secrets from the gods; it wasn't because of Mercury; neither was it because of my "scorn of the gods" or my "hatred of death." It was because of my passion for teaching that I push the stone of educating youth. My "fate belongs to [me]" and "the struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill [my] heart..." -Sisyphus