Iconoclast-Cobalt

[ti:Iconoclast] [ar:Cobalt] [al:Slow Forever] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Iconoclast (反传统的人) - Cobalt [00:13.76]Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes [00:18.00] [00:18.81]And in this sometimes he is fortunate [00:21.73] [00:22.34]But eventually they are quite clear [00:25.48]And by these and the degree of alchemy [00:28.26]That he possesses he will endure or be forgotten [00:32.32] [00:33.38]Writing at its best is a lonely life [00:36.53] [00:37.80]Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness [00:42.71]But I doubt if they improve his writing [00:45.13] [00:46.06]He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness [00:50.52] [00:51.03]And often his work deteriorates [00:53.21] [00:54.49]For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer [00:58.87]He must face eternity or the lack of it each day [01:03.84] [01:06.01]For a true writer [01:07.49]Each book should be a new beginning where he tries again [01:11.17]For something that is beyond attainment [01:13.36] [01:14.18]He should always try for something that has never been done [01:18.15]Or that others have tried and failed [01:21.31] [01:21.86]Then sometimes with great luck he will succeed [01:25.97] [01:27.19]How simple the writing of literature would be [01:30.63]If it were only necessary to write in another way [01:33.80] [01:34.50]What has been well written [01:35.97] [01:37.30]It is because we have had such great writers in the past [01:41.46]That a writer is driven far out past where he can go [01:45.76]Out to where no one can help him [01:47.90] [01:50.01]I have spoken too long for a writer [01:52.06] [01:52.75]A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it [01:56.09] [01:59.64]Writing at its best is a lonely life [02:02.54] [02:10.10]He will endure or be forgotten [02:12.15] [02:15.08]He will endure or be forgotten