Портрет художника в юности
Chapter 5
Thesimplestepicalformisseenemergingoutoflyricalliteraturewhentheartistprolongsandbroodsuponhimselfasthecentreofanepicaleventandthisformprogressestillthecentreofemotionalgravityisequidistantfromtheartisthimselfandfromothers.Thenarrativeisnolongerpurelypersonal.Thepersonalityoftheartistpassesintothenarrationitself,flowingroundandroundthepersonsandtheactionlikeavitalsea.ThisprogressyouwillseeeasilyinthatoldEnglishballadTURPINHEROwhichbeginsinthefirstpersonandendsinthethirdperson.Thedramaticformisreachedwhenthevitalitywhichhasflowedandeddiedroundeachpersonfillseverypersonwithsuchvitalforcethatheorsheassumesaproperandintangibleestheticlife.Thepersonalityoftheartist,atfirstacryoracadenceoramoodandthenafluidandlambentnarrative,finallyrefinesitselfoutofexistence,impersonalizesitself,sotospeak.Theestheticimageinthedramaticformislifepurifiedinandreprojectedfromthehumanimagination.Themysteryofesthetic,likethatofmaterialcreation,isaccomplished.Theartist,liketheGodofcreation,remainswithinorbehindorbeyondorabovehishandiwork,invisible,refinedoutofexistence,indifferent,paringhisfingernails.
—Tryingtorefinethemalsooutofexistence,saidLynch.
Afinerainbegantofallfromthehighveiledskyandtheyturnedintotheduke’slawntoreachthenationallibrarybeforetheshowercame.
