Interview (Stesichorus)
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“I was (very simply) in charge of seeing for the world after all seeing is just a substance”.
Growing up, I’ve always had a very self-centered worldview. And up to this day, I still do. Self-centered in how I think I am in charge of the world; letting myself down, I also feel I’ve let the world down. Does this make sense? People may or may not share this worldview; to wake up and believe the world wakes up when you do.
I read Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red today and followed the protagonist, Geryon, a young boy and winged red monster as he grows up. He collects, recollects, takes photographs and describes them. Obsessed with volcanoes, he embarks on a journey from childhood school-playgrounds to the foothills of Huaraz; the question of what “time” is, encloses Geryon.
“Whenever I looked it poured out my eyes I was responsible for everyone’s visibility it was a great pleasure it increased daily”.
I came across this photograph by canovix. It is an album cover for a band called “Fiesta Animal” who are from Uruguay. I found the photo to be appropriate for Carson’s long poem; the hands, twisting alongside shadows of grain, shades and veils. They join in a gyre inside the shape of an eye like the substances that formulates vision.
Tags: Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red, canovix flickr, Fiesta Animal