nota al margen xxii

Rene Magritte 1948

1.

I find this painting quite reassuring. Violent too, perhaps, but mostly reassuring.

2.

The days have melted together.

3.

Good fortune, maybe, to be left untouched amidst all the sickness and the spread of the disease. There is no real escape. Is it only a matter of time. But good fortune, this is what I have to remember. I’ve been lucky several times in my life.

4.

«I would trade all the good fortune, all the light of my days if only that’d make your sadness disappear»

5.

Maybe that’s been my greatest luck. I never had to.

6.

1948. 2020. So far yet so close.