Virginia Woolfe's interpretation of incandescence in ‘A Room of Her Own’:
Being independent and owing nothing to anybody is essential to achieve the state of mind necessary to produce great art. With material and financial independence, "no force in the world can take from me my five hundred pounds. Food, house and clothing are mine for ever. I need not hate any man; he can not hurt me. I need not flatter any man; he has nothing to give me" Material independence grants its owner an emotional independence, it allows one to be free of "grudges and spites and antipathies," to have one's mind unclouded by "alien emotions like fear and hatred". Woolf calls this state of mind "incandescence".
4 comments:
I love this "thought"...people forget these truths and it's up to each of us to find our own.
i loved a room of ones own. it truly opened up my mind to understanding poverty and subjugation in a way i had never ever thought of before.
go woolf!
mila you are tagged!
fantastic....this is one of my favorite ... I have a quote from Woolf up by my bed on this very topic, it helps me cherish my independence even when I'm feeling otherwise! Cheers, J
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