A True Revelation
Lynn Finney
“A true revelation, it seems to me, will only emerge from stubborn concentration on a solitary problem. I am not in league with inventors or adventures, nor with travelers to exotic destinations. The surest—also the quickest—way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to look intently, undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly, miraculously, it will reveal itself as something we have never seen before.” — Cesare Pavese, Dialoghi con Leuco, 1947
“A true revelation, it seems to me, will only emerge from stubborn concentration on a solitary problem. I am not in league with inventors or adventures, nor with travelers to exotic destinations. The surest—also the quickest—way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to look intently, undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly, miraculously, it will reveal itself as something we have never seen before.”
— Cesare Pavese, Dialoghi con Leuco, 1947
— Cesarecon Pavese, Dialoghi Leuco, 1947
“A true revelation,
it seems to me, will only emerge from stubborn concentration on a solitary problem. I am not in league with inventors or adventures, nor with travelers to exotic destinations. The surest—also the quickest— way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to look intently, undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly, miraculously, it will reveal itself as something we have never seen before.”
CESARE PAVESE, DIALOGHI con LEUCO
1947
A true revelation, it seems to me, will only emerge from stubborn concentration on a solitary problem. I am not in league with inventors or adventures, nor with travelers to exotic destinations. The surest—also the quickest— way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to look intently, undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly, miraculously, it will reveal itself as something we have never seen before.
“A true revelation, it seems to me, will only emerge from stubborn concentration on a solitary problem. I am not in league with inventors or adventures, nor with travelers to exotic destinations. The surest—also the quickest— way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to look intently, undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly, miraculously, it will
reveal
we have
itself as
something
never seen before.”
— C e sar e Pave se , Dialoghi con Leuco 19 47
am .I e r lem gu rs o r ob lea to pr t in ven , no no th in ures ers t wi ven avel ad th tr wi
“A true
revelation, it seems to me, will only emerge from stubborn concentration on a solitary
am
e
it
, , . ct ly ly je en us l ob dd ulo ea Su irac rev m ill as w f el
r
its
so ne met ve hin rs g ee we —C nb h Dia esa ef ave r or l e 19 ogh Pa e.” 47 i c ve on se Le , uc o,
.I
m
to exotic destinations. The surest— also the quickest—way to awake the sense of wonder in ourselves is to look intently, undeterred, at a single
ue , t r tion “A la ve re ems e ill it s e, w ge m er to em orn a not ly bb on on stu ion . I am s or s m trat em tor ler st— o r f en bl ven ave ure nc pro h in h tr e s e co ary it wit Th ak to w t w is i r l s. e so agu , no tion to a lves le res na ay se in ntu esti t—w our d es in ve ad otic ick der ex e qu on o t th of w o e als ens es h t
w
ill
hi
ee
rs
7 94 C
et
ve
ne
e
r sa
m
so
e
se e av P
Di
alo gh ic on L
eu co ,1 —
d, d rre rre ete te d y, l de un le den un der t ng d i u un a si as y, .S lf sl ve e at ject lou ha .� its e cu ob al re w ira eve fo m ng be r n
look intently,
A
tr
ue
N
re v
el
n
e
v a P
e s e
on
r a s
e
e
ic Le
uc
—
Ce
i t o
le
u g a
th i w
v in
rs
gh
ra
n
a
it
p
m
n
n or
o nt
or
lo
c n o
t en
tio
on
l so
y ar
ro
e bl
.I
am
b ub
n,
ia
c
se
s
m
l
fr
om
st
io
v d a
u
,
D
it
em
to
e
i w ,
n o l
ly
em
er
ge
at
t en
s re
NOR
with t ra
ve
le
rs
to
ex
ot
ic
de
st
in
at
io
ns
.
T
he
su
r
t es
—
o als
th
e
i qu
ck
e
— st
gle
wa
ob
yt
t. jec
sin a t , a will r d ev r re ea e l it t e se d lf as un s
Le uc o 1
7 4 9
AW o
AK
ou
S
om
r
d ud
et
hin
g
E
se
e
e th
s lve
s
s en
i
o st
mi , nly
we
ha
ve
e
w of
lo
ok
u rac
ne
ve
on
lo
r de
in
t
in
t en
l y,
it l y, s u
rs ee nb ef o
re
.
it s stueems bbo to rn c me onc , wil ent l on rat ly ion 19 47
—
C
a s e
e Di s al e v og a P hi e r
pr wi no ob th t i l a d wi ve in n th n ve tratur ex ve e ot le ic
co
n
Le
uc
o
At
rue
onl atio y e n o mer n a ge fro s o lita m 47 ry
pr otoble invin lem. nt en agI am avurestor ue ot ele , n s or ic rs or to
rev
ela
tio
n,
he of t lsoense a —e s ok t s e th o lo r u s ake is t e h aw es T . s to selv n o i ay our t a in t—w in t int s deickesnder en qu wo t
undeterred, at a single object. Suddenly, miraculously, it will reveal itself as something we have never seen before.
ly,