Wow! It is so good I have to mention it here; I am reading this amazing Russian novel called "Buddha's Little Finger." It is fantastic! Post Modern literature is very intriguing to me, and I try to incorporate elements of the genre into my music production, so although this seems unrelated, it is actually pertinent. Here is a brief little excerpt:
"Maria began thinking about how she could lighten the unbearable burden of this life for everyone who was writhing, God knows for what reason, in the grip of these black coils of smoke that obscured the sky and the sun. Her head was filled with clear, bright, uncomplicated images- there she was in a simple dress, entering a modest flat tidies specially for the occasion by its occupants. And there they were, sitting at the table with the samovar and gazing at her lovingly, and she knew that she didn't have to say anything, all she had to do was to sit opposite them and gaze tenderly back, paying as little attention as she could to the whirring of the camera. And there was a hospital ward full of people all bandaged up and lying on uncomfortable beds, and there was her image hanging on the wall in a place where everyone could see it. They gazed at her from their beds and for a while they forgot all about their woes, their aches and pains...
"This was all wonderful, but she vaguely realized that it was not enough. No, what the world needed was a strong hand, stern and unrelenting, capable of resisting evil whenever the need arose. But where was this strength to be found? And what would it look like? These questions Maria couldn't answer, but she sensed that they were the very reason why she was walking along this embankment in this city that was expiring in its suffering."
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