tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post40692536507159618..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Camus, Sartre and de BeauvoirHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40675006629072200822014-06-19T14:55:34.171+10:002014-06-19T14:55:34.171+10:00I have added information on Camus' life in Lou...I have added information on Camus' life in Lourmarin from 1946-1960, inspired by France Today, April-May 2014. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32610502673376431622014-04-28T03:48:44.774+10:002014-04-28T03:48:44.774+10:00Well, as mortified as I am to admit it, out of the...Well, as mortified as I am to admit it, out of the 3, I've only ever finished a book by Kafka! Must amend that this year!Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68954153116262641522014-04-28T03:00:08.044+10:002014-04-28T03:00:08.044+10:00Mandy
at 17 I was still reading Anthony Trollope ...Mandy<br /><br />at 17 I was still reading Anthony Trollope and Jane Austen. I would not have known where the philosophy section of the library was *blush*<br /><br />Sometimes I wonder whether Camus and Sartre would have been easier to read in their original language. But Kafka would have been difficult to read, even if you were fluent in German and Czech.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-19704957381285484942014-04-28T01:41:25.406+10:002014-04-28T01:41:25.406+10:00I really enjoyed this post Hels. Albert Camus is m...I really enjoyed this post Hels. Albert Camus is my mother's favourite author and I'm quite astounded that she read his work when she was just 17. You're right, he is not easy to read (but I thought the same about Sartre and Kafka) and so I'm pretty impressed by my mum. She had many of his books and I was appalled when a university friend borrowed them and didn't return them.<br /><br />I began The Stranger a short while ago and your post has inspired me to give it another try.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24212963473346349242014-04-02T08:21:34.144+11:002014-04-02T08:21:34.144+11:00Darragh
Thank you for writing. de Beauvoir certai...Darragh<br /><br />Thank you for writing. de Beauvoir certainly had relationships with both men and women. And when she finished those relationships, she would hand the women (but not the men) on to Sartre.<br /><br />So I really did think about your suggestion quite a lot, but never found any evidence for a Camus-de Beauvoir relationship.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-64468458100290698632014-04-01T22:42:19.141+11:002014-04-01T22:42:19.141+11:00Well, there seem t be more than rumors that the re...Well, there seem t be more than rumors that the relationship between Camus and de Beauvoir went decidedly beyond a cup of coffee, even pure friendship. And the later estrangement between Sartre and him is meant to have to do with it. And de Beauvoir had an axe to grind as Sartre was not exactly monogamic. Which she might have tolerated but she would have preferred he choose more within her own class. Which is why not many men could have qualified for her quid pro quo but a man of Camus' intellectual standing. Or so I think.Darragh McCurraghhttp://ratheryes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-19974538433016737012014-04-01T10:18:22.603+11:002014-04-01T10:18:22.603+11:00Jane and Lance,
Standing from L to R: Jacques Lac...Jane and Lance,<br /><br />Standing from L to R: Jacques Lacan, Cécile Éluard, Pierre Reverdy, Louise Leiris, Pablo Picasso, Zanie de Campan, Valentine Hugo, Simone de Beauvoir. <br /><br />Sitting from L to R: Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Michel Leiris, Jean Aubier.<br /><br />I too am totally fascinated by the connections between people at certain points in personal and world history. Camus might have been a very different writer, had it not been for the Paris colleagues who nurtured him. <br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-19611649408599251742014-04-01T02:39:33.691+11:002014-04-01T02:39:33.691+11:00Hello Helen,
This indeed a fascinating account of...Hello Helen,<br /><br />This indeed a fascinating account of Camus, about whom we can certainly have said that we knew very little.<br /><br />We are always fascinated by the connections between people at certain points in history and the various directions that their lives took them. And, how these connections develop and move forward into our own timescales and lives.<br /><br />We wonder who the others are in that marvellously atmospheric picture of Brassai. In Budapest a gallery we know well represents Francois Gilot, Picasso's muse, who is still alive today! Only connect as Forster wrote!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27304886124130014132014-03-31T10:40:31.614+11:002014-03-31T10:40:31.614+11:00nothingprofound
ahh but the personal is political...nothingprofound<br /><br />ahh but the personal is political. Or so it should be, in educated, sensitive thinkers. That he was not afraid to speak out against Fascism and Communism suggests he was both political AND brave.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-21672324697881038842014-03-31T09:57:06.853+11:002014-03-31T09:57:06.853+11:00Camus' participation in politics was personal ...Camus' participation in politics was personal rather than ideological. He was opposed to injustice wherever it occurred. He was not afraid to speak out against the Soviets and their crimes which put him at odds with the fanatically ideological left. nothingprofoundhttp://wwwaphorismscom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-25045222159096693522014-03-31T09:37:15.996+11:002014-03-31T09:37:15.996+11:00nothingprofound
Good to see you! I have no idea w...nothingprofound<br /><br />Good to see you! I have no idea why the comment went to the Spam file.. that has not happened to this blog before. Sorry :(<br /><br />Was Camus a fun loving, sun loving person, against politics? I suggest he was very active politically, in his anti-colonialist crusade in Algeria that made his Public Enemy 1 with the Algerian Government. In France he was deeply involved in clandestine activities against the German occupiers. <br /><br />I was most proud of Camus when he become a strong voice for the French working class and for non violent social change.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-71137752126372133682014-03-31T02:54:18.611+11:002014-03-31T02:54:18.611+11:00Camus took the side of life, of the sun, against h...Camus took the side of life, of the sun, against history and politics. That's what caused the breach between Sartre and him. He remained a dedicated humanist and lover of life to the last.nothingprofoundhttp://mydailyaphorism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-90415862765654074632014-03-30T23:58:19.917+11:002014-03-30T23:58:19.917+11:00umashankar
Timing is everything, isn't it? :)...umashankar<br /><br />Timing is everything, isn't it? :) A few months ago, my eyes would have slid right over the top of your Camus reference. Now I am paying careful attention.<br /><br />The split between Sartre and Camus was terrible for Camus, and although Camus tried later in life to reconnect with his old friend, they never got together again.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-71162347223099452772014-03-30T17:26:03.935+11:002014-03-30T17:26:03.935+11:00That is a treasure trove on Camus, Hels. I was gri...That is a treasure trove on Camus, Hels. I was gripped by the enlightening account; I felt saddened by the abrupt end of his friendship with Beauvoir, and his life. Thank you for sharing.umashankarhttp://uspandey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18330995052404529152014-03-30T12:30:16.322+11:002014-03-30T12:30:16.322+11:00Lord Cowell
I am full of admiration for the young...Lord Cowell<br /><br />I am full of admiration for the younger you :) Two things occur to me. Firstly, as you say, a teenager is likely to dislike or be bored by _whatever_ reading is set by his teachers or lecturers. I was forced to read Hemmingway in my matriculation year and loathed him.<br /><br />Secondly, and more importantly, Camus is tough to read. His content is tricky and his language is rugged.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62437044907024334402014-03-30T09:11:19.929+11:002014-03-30T09:11:19.929+11:00I had to read L'éstranger twice at college, on...I had to read L'éstranger twice at college, once in English class, and once again in French. It did not leave a great impression upon me, but perhaps that is the fate of many prescribed texts!Lord Cowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022567039394790375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-38012067904191043332014-03-29T22:11:29.713+11:002014-03-29T22:11:29.713+11:00Deb
I think de Beauvoir remained co-editor of Les...Deb<br /><br />I think de Beauvoir remained co-editor of Les Temps Modernes because it was an important link to the key thinkers and writers of her age. But it was a great opportunity to see her own thoughts in publication, before she completed her own books. Especially The Second Sex .<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36073237119289776992014-03-29T15:33:24.196+11:002014-03-29T15:33:24.196+11:00Remember how impressed we were with de Beauvoir? L...Remember how impressed we were with de Beauvoir? Les temps Modernes emerged straight after WW2 ended and would have been a great opportunity for all three to work together but I am sure if Camus was involved or not. Debnoreply@blogger.com