Manson
2009-08-22 09:29:19 UTC
The valley, which gave me a positive panic, as if I were being pursued
and must run. I remember also on another occasion a
transformation--transfiguration rather--of the entire landscape in
colors, such as neither Titian nor Turner ever has shown me. It was a
glorification of nature such as I had never conceived and cannot now
comprehend. The fascination of indulgence in this illusory life became
such that I lingered every summer longer, and finally until November,
when, in that high and northerly locality, the snow had fallen and the
lake began to freeze, living only under a bark roof, open to the air and
to the snow, which fell on my bed during the night. I can easily imagine
the life leading to insanity. P
and must run. I remember also on another occasion a
transformation--transfiguration rather--of the entire landscape in
colors, such as neither Titian nor Turner ever has shown me. It was a
glorification of nature such as I had never conceived and cannot now
comprehend. The fascination of indulgence in this illusory life became
such that I lingered every summer longer, and finally until November,
when, in that high and northerly locality, the snow had fallen and the
lake began to freeze, living only under a bark roof, open to the air and
to the snow, which fell on my bed during the night. I can easily imagine
the life leading to insanity. P