Actually finished this book while I was in Bolivia in June
ironically and unfortunately appropriate for my travels
as I considered lightness and weight
and eternal recurrence
I began to read it again
and almost finished it for the second time by the end of July in Argentina
but not quite
but stuck in my mind
recurring as it were
are two particular phrases
"When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object."
Gears told me this on a run in May
and shortly thereafter got engaged
and then there is one particular phrase about music:
"While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about writing it together and sharing motifs (the way Tomas and Sabina exchanged the motif of the bowler hat), but if they meet when they are older, like Franz and Sabina, their musical compositions are more or less complete, and every motif, every object, every word means something different to each of them."
This makes me wonder
about my friends who get married so young
and set about composing the opening motifs of their lives together
and about those who wait longer
already in the development section
many sharps or flats away from their home key
developing tension, reaching great heights
yet seeking resolution, tonality, and peace
assuming that sonata form can be applied to life
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