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17-JUL-2010 Marisa

Eulogy of idleness.

I feel like a female, Swiss contemporary version of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov.


Oblomov, as surely you know, is the main character of the most famous novel by Ivan Goncharov.
Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, before the ideal of industrious modern man, when idleness was still looked upon by Russia's serf-owning rural gentry as a plausible and worthy goal, there was Oblomov. Indolent, inattentive, incurious, given to daydreaming and procrastination—indeed, given to any excuse to remain horizontal—Oblomov is hardly the stuff of heroes.

Yet, he is impossible not to admire.

He is forgiven for his weakness and beloved for his shining soul.


Someone has even compared Oblomov to Hamlet for answering “ No” to the fatal and famous question “ To be or not to be?”


I have not the titles to get deeper in this literary matter, but I can simply feel a deep sympathy for Oblomov, who probably had to cope with hot summers too.


All what is wise to do today is to do nothing active and to laze quietly, just daydreaming, brain don’t perspire even when it works.


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an nguyen27-Jul-2010 18:50
I would call it shade for life.
Bruna K.22-Jul-2010 13:53
Non so perchè nè per come, non sono una tecnica ma piuttosto una istintiva ma
questa foto mi piace moltissimo!!!!!!
Buba Jafarli20-Jul-2010 15:01
I am with you and Ilya Oblomov, dear Marisa... You've guessed my mood these days - it's too hot and the only thing I can do now is daydreaming... V.
slhoornstra18-Jul-2010 02:23
Lovely colors and framing, a nice day to laze about. V
Dallas Hyatt18-Jul-2010 01:23
Yes, this image evokes the long lazy days of summer quite well. Bravo!
María Cano18-Jul-2010 00:52
Bonita foto y un texto magistral .. -V-
Guest 17-Jul-2010 22:38
Don't forget-idleness is the Devil's handmaiden!! v. Lee
settler17-Jul-2010 21:59
Idleness is the reward of the industrious and the dull routine of the idle...love this pic..V!!
Claude Martin17-Jul-2010 21:15
Feel rather like sunny summer holidays... inspirational enough for to forget all the rest, laying on my back and listening to the birds through the blue sky of the parasol. :o)
V
Jaime González17-Jul-2010 19:59
Summer is a good time to be idle! Colourful and beautiful image. -V-