Thursday, February 18, 2021
"I am that I am," said the character Gregory in Lawrence Durrell's novel The Black Book published in France in 1938. Published in France because at the time it was too sexual for England. If you've watched the British television series The Durrells of Corfu, you know who Larry is. He was Louisa's oldest son and already an aspiring writer when the family moved from England to Corfu in 1935. The television series is fabulous. It is well worth watching.
And The Black Book is well worth reading. Larry is an imaginative and lyrical writer. And profound. "I am that I am". The words are not only profound but they are inspiring. They stopped me in my tracks. They have altered my view of myself. They have opened a floodgate for my creativity. I am that I am.
Thank you, Lawrence Durrell. Thank you.