May 18, 2013
Daily Rituals Ritual  noun– religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according…View Post

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Filed under: Anthony Trollope creativity Erik Satie Frank Lloyd Wright Franz Kafka Friedrich Schiller Jean-Paul Sartre John Updike Michael Chabon Ritual Thomas Wolfe 
May 8, 2013
“This interesting metal statue by sculptor Jaroslav Rona is based on a vivid description that appears in Franz Kafka’s early short story “Description of a Struggle.” Kafka wrote of a young man riding on another man’s shoulders through the streets of Prague. In Rona’s work, that figure is Kafka himself sitting astride a headless man. “ Jaroslav Róna, Franz Kafka -Prague    via kafkaesque-world

“This interesting metal statue by sculptor Jaroslav Rona is based on a vivid description that appears in Franz Kafka’s early short story “Description of a Struggle.” Kafka wrote of a young man riding on another man’s shoulders through the streets of Prague. In Rona’s work, that figure is Kafka himself sitting astride a headless man. “

Jaroslav Róna, Franz Kafka -Prague    via kafkaesque-world

(Source: keharitomeni, via kdecember)

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Filed under: statue franz kafka 
January 29, 2013
“I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.” — Kafka, in a letter to Max Brod

“I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.”

— Kafka, in a letter to Max Brod

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Filed under: franz kafka quote 
July 3, 2012
Franz Kafka was born on this day (7/3) in Prague in 1883. Most people think of him as unhappy, afraid of his father, paranoid, and plaqued by psychosomatic illnesses,guilt and anxiety.  Unfortunately, that does seem to be much of his life. He described himself as “peevish, miserable, silent, discontented, and sickly.” And the stories and novels we know him for are surreal, dark, and pessimistic. “The Metamorphosis”, “In the Penal Colony”, and The Trial reinforce that gloomy image. That’s why I was pleased some years ago to read that he actually had some normalcy and happiness in his life. He was a productive and well-liked employee at an insurance company. He enjoyed to row, ride, and swim. And you can see it as sad of happy that he found love and happiness in the last year of his life, with a woman named Dora Diamant. Yes, sadly he was suffering from tuberculosis. Diamant later recalled that “Everything was done with laughter,” and “Kafka was always cheerful. He liked to play; he was a born playmate, always ready for some fun.” Fun + Kafka. I like that better than the usual portrait of him.

Franz Kafka was born on this day (7/3) in Prague in 1883.

Most people think of him as unhappy, afraid of his father, paranoid, and plaqued by psychosomatic illnesses,guilt and anxiety. 

Unfortunately, that does seem to be much of his life. He described himself as “peevish, miserable, silent, discontented, and sickly.” And the stories and novels we know him for are surreal, dark, and pessimistic. “The Metamorphosis”, “In the Penal Colony”, and The Trial reinforce that gloomy image.

That’s why I was pleased some years ago to read that he actually had some normalcy and happiness in his life.

He was a productive and well-liked employee at an insurance company. He enjoyed to row, ride, and swim.

And you can see it as sad of happy that he found love and happiness in the last year of his life, with a woman named Dora Diamant. Yes, sadly he was suffering from tuberculosis.

Diamant later recalled that “Everything was done with laughter,” and “Kafka was always cheerful. He liked to play; he was a born playmate, always ready for some fun.”

Fun + Kafka. I like that better than the usual portrait of him.

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Filed under: birthday Franz Kafka literature 
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