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O, Brave New World...

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...that has such people in it.

John Savage, from Huxley's "Brave New World" - one of those all-time-most-beloved books. Doing his penance.


If you ever wanted to know how I read poetry, look at how John reads Shakespeare.... and this is why I'd never be a good lit student or a balanced human being.

...felt like I all-but-was this character when I first read the book, aged 17 and all-but-crazy.

Words fail me.

no point in me talking, if you've read it, you know.




"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."

....Gods, that boy is pure Sturm und Drang.


(all comments welcome, as always)

(ballpoint, moleskine, expressionist rabies...fullview for full effect)
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SingsWithRavens's avatar
Beautiful work. The indefinite nature of the ballpoint pen really adds to the piece's mood and is reflective of the scene.
Brave New World is, truly, a masterpiece of a book. It has so much to say.