Gregory Norminton transforms the aphorism into something more
accessible and personal. Ultimately he uses aphorisms to question
everything - including the aphorism itself: 'Incessantly we ask the
meaning of life to protect us from hearing the perfectly obvious
answer.' In The Lost Art of Losing, the author analyses the process
and the hubris of literary invention, and is brutal in revealing
its limitations: 'No revelation sparkles brighter than the one
scribbled down from sleep, nor looks duller when revisited by the
light of day. What we dream is the image of meaning. The object
eludes.' These aphorisms explore the complex relationship between
the self and wider society: 'To fear the ill-opinion of others is
grossly to overestimate the space we take up in their imagination.'
Norminton understands that an aphorism relies on the elegance of
its thought: 'Some birds beat the air as if it were a foe meaning
to drag them down. Others seem only to flap their wings in order to
keep us from getting suspicious.'
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