notes: ningen isu ( 1925 )
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greatestdetective"Although she had not received any advance notice that a manuscript was to be sent her, still it was not uncommon for her to receive the efforts of amateur writers seeking her valuable criticism. In most cases these were long-winded, pointless, and yawn-provoking attempts at writing."
"However, I implore you to believe me when I state that, despite the extreme ugliness of my face, within my heart there has always burned a pure and overwhelming passion!"
"The reward for all my pains, however, lay in the sheer delight of creating."
- an escape. connection to that type of beautiful. self-objectification. sexual undertones.
- flights of fancy. better than real life.
- life is not as glossy as these imaginings. dreams never to be achieved.
"[...] again grim reality reared its ugly head before my eyes."
- ugly UGLY u g l y
- beauty is a pipedream. even the beautiful will rot. made for the worms
- the process of creation = beautiful ; the end, the conclusion, the WHOLE never lives up to the dream.
- a yearning. chasing a high that has never been felt. an imagined high.
"One day I was charged with the task of making a huge, leather-covered armchair, of a type I had never before conceived, for a foreign hotel located in Yokohama."
- fate.
- such great skill borne of isolation. ugly. ugly. the world.
"Really, it would be no exaggeration to state that the job became my very life, every fiber of the wood I used seemingly linked to my heart and soul."
- obsession. addiction. chasing a mirage, beyond reality, something so tantalizing.
- perfect. sensual.
"Assuredly, it was the whispering of the devil himself. Although it was a sinister idea, it attracted me with a powerful magnetism which I found impossible to resist."
"I felt that I had buried myself in a lonely grave. Upon careful reflection I realized that it was indeed a grave. As soon as I entered the chair I was swallowed up by complete darkness, and to everyone else in the world I no longer existed!"
"I was just like this freak monster-crab."
- perversity in self-debasement. what a disgusting, ugly creature. pathetic. filthy.
- special knowledge. in this world only he knows. unique identifiers. they don't even know.
"For those who were as ugly and as shunned as myself, it was assuredly wiser to enjoy life inside a chair. For in this strange, dark world I could hear and touch all desirable creatures."
- it only makes sense. the only way to touch this beautiful life. ugly
- becoming something less than human. a monster. a creature. an animal
- the chair is such high quality, it's purchased immediately. ugly me inside my beautiful work.
"No doubt, Madam, by this time, you must certainly have guessed who the object of my mad passion is."
- horror in the innocuous. violation.
"However, I implore you to believe me when I state that, despite the extreme ugliness of my face, within my heart there has always burned a pure and overwhelming passion!"
"The reward for all my pains, however, lay in the sheer delight of creating."
- an escape. connection to that type of beautiful. self-objectification. sexual undertones.
- flights of fancy. better than real life.
- life is not as glossy as these imaginings. dreams never to be achieved.
"[...] again grim reality reared its ugly head before my eyes."
- ugly UGLY u g l y
- beauty is a pipedream. even the beautiful will rot. made for the worms
- the process of creation = beautiful ; the end, the conclusion, the WHOLE never lives up to the dream.
- a yearning. chasing a high that has never been felt. an imagined high.
"One day I was charged with the task of making a huge, leather-covered armchair, of a type I had never before conceived, for a foreign hotel located in Yokohama."
- fate.
- such great skill borne of isolation. ugly. ugly. the world.
"Really, it would be no exaggeration to state that the job became my very life, every fiber of the wood I used seemingly linked to my heart and soul."
- obsession. addiction. chasing a mirage, beyond reality, something so tantalizing.
- perfect. sensual.
"Assuredly, it was the whispering of the devil himself. Although it was a sinister idea, it attracted me with a powerful magnetism which I found impossible to resist."
"I felt that I had buried myself in a lonely grave. Upon careful reflection I realized that it was indeed a grave. As soon as I entered the chair I was swallowed up by complete darkness, and to everyone else in the world I no longer existed!"
"I was just like this freak monster-crab."
- perversity in self-debasement. what a disgusting, ugly creature. pathetic. filthy.
- special knowledge. in this world only he knows. unique identifiers. they don't even know.
"For those who were as ugly and as shunned as myself, it was assuredly wiser to enjoy life inside a chair. For in this strange, dark world I could hear and touch all desirable creatures."
- it only makes sense. the only way to touch this beautiful life. ugly
- becoming something less than human. a monster. a creature. an animal
- the chair is such high quality, it's purchased immediately. ugly me inside my beautiful work.
"No doubt, Madam, by this time, you must certainly have guessed who the object of my mad passion is."
- horror in the innocuous. violation.
