I called B yesterday, because I wanted to ask without obligation, what he of mine “Belief” holds. B. said, I'm already the third, the request that day because of the manuscript, and each of these manuscripts is so heavy, he opened mine briefly and then closed it again, because it brought him down …. and he was constantly in distress with his whole business—-nobody buys his books—– he would like to publish a Christoph Simon, but to him all heavy manuscripts would come … etc.
I was a little embarrassed, and was about to, to apologize, for sending him a manuscript with SUBSTANTIAL CONTENT, but actually not very funny.
But then I let it be, strictly speaking, Raven, said on my shoulder: Nervermore.
And because he said Nevermore, I want to bury another dream and buy bigger garbage bags. Room items and knick-knacks, clothes, Jewellery, letters, makeup: all of which can be painfully associative, when there is no more bearable memory to be found, at least until 2016….
In fact, I kind of wanted to write a book, that is shocking, since I wrote out of necessity, it was close, that I wouldn't be able to write anything funny. But this desire, to hit one more …. it doesn't do well today, I mean, so ala Schwab Werner …. people are much more hybrid in the last thirty years, much more inorganic….
….and they have no room for a shake, only for a pleasant emotional inspiration.
I can understand that ….
As crazy as it sounds; but for me it was also a kind of discipline: a book must have substance, especially if it has no content,and the book that has the most substance, is somehow the greatest book, which probably means Imre Kertez's novel destinyless.
But Plath has also put substance on paper, next to joke, language and even touching stories. (Bible of Dreams)
Substance is a form of potency, I agree. Or does this comparison soil the substance?
No, I mean substance is a form of potency, if potency is a form of strength.
Of course, even very fine books are strong. The substance and shock can also be found in fine lines. (Walser's walk).
But I think so, that in the end Walser comes along too obligingly and tries to undermine its substance.
Anyway: Substance is a discontinued model——- it is very close to Byung-Chuls “other”. And the “Others” has no more space
in the world.
What are you saying, Raven? Where is my Pallas Athena bust? I see, sit on one of my garbage bags, filled to the brim with books. From there you have a wonderful view of the mystical room idyll.
(5.6.22)