GOJKO ĐOGO’S ERECT PEN
GOJKO ĐOGO’S ERECT PEN
Author(s): Đorđo SladojeContributor(s): Jovanka Kalaba (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural history, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social history, History of Art
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Mikhail Epstein; creativity; gift from God; spiritual life; talent; divine endowment; sacrilege; moral responsibility; artistic gift;
Summary/Abstract: Mikhail Epstein writes about how smothering one’s creativity is a double crime – like murdering a pregnant woman. The gift of creativity is endowed on us from above, just like life itself. We cannot endow talent upon ourselves, in the same way we cannot give life to ourselves. He also adds that the spiritual life within ordinary existence is a gift that appears in its own place and time, and burying it is a double murder, a sacrilege, if you will, since the gift of creativity is a gift from God.
Journal: Literary Links of Matica srpska
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 122-126
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
