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February 25, 2006
Re-kindling the spark
It’s a difficult business, as anyone who has tried to start a fire with damp twigs on a wet night knows, to get a spark going. Without the spark the fire can’t burn.
This is what the internal combustion engine requires to help it get going and indeed keep it going:
Unlike the internal combustion engine, each artist requires different things to get them going. Social misfortune, political injustice, fruit, ballet or the Central Connecticut Women’s Volleyball team.
Whatever it is that delivers the spark, you can’t get on without it.
Posted by john at February 25, 2006 06:13 PM