Two Great Resources

This is totally addicting (—sticky if you will). I think I could blog all day.

A couple of great, deep resources that probably don’t get mentioned enough in business and cultural circles:

The Anarchist Banker by Fernando Pessoa. A short story—brilliant. By the guy I’ve heard referred to (in print) as a lost modern master, along the lines of a Henry Miller. I think he was a little too depressed to be of quite that stature (who could blame him—he never quit his day job), but he sure got down to it in this one. He was basically discovered when he died—he had a trunk full of scraps of writing. Some as little as a few lines. Some from different voices and as if written by difffent people. All in all a great reason to make the transition to the brilliant creative soul you are and let others handle the paperwork (don’t worry, it’ll all get done). Let your freak flag fly!

Tonio Kroger by Thomas Mann. Another short one by another master. The title character leaves the mainstream of society to find himself only to end up lonely and unimpressed by the bohemians. This is about going full circle—and a brilliant and short exposition on why a counter-culture isn’t the reason either. Finding this earlier would have saved me about three years. Maybe more, Way to kill it Thomas!