Lešek Kolakovski: Četiri ugaonika

Na četiri ugaonika oslanja se ova kuća u kojoj, patetično govoreći, stanuje ljudski duh. A to su:

Razum 
Bog 
Ljubav 
Smrt

Svod kuće je Vreme, najobičnija i najtajanstvenija stvarnost na svetu. Od rođenja vreme nam izgleda kao najobičnija realnost, na koju smo najviše naviknuti (Nešto je bilo i prestalo je da bude. Nešto je bilo takvo, a ne drugačije. Nešto se dogodilo juče ili pre jednog minuta i više nikada, nikada se ne može vratiti).

Vreme je, dakle, najobičnije, ali i najužasnije. Četiri pomenuta bitka su načini naše borbe s tim užasom.

Razum treba da nam služi za otkrivanje večnih istina, otpornih na vreme. Bog ili apsolut je bitak koji ne poznaje prošlost niti budućnost, već sve sadrži u svom „večnom sada“.

Ljubav, intenzivno doživljavana, takođe se oslobađa prošlosti i budućnosti, ona je koncentrisana i iskuljučena sadašnjost. Smrt je kraj te vremenosti, u koju smo bili uronjeni u svom životu i možda, kao što naslućujemo, ulazak u drugu vremenost, o kojoj ništa (skoro ništa) ne znamo. Dakle, svi nosači naše misli su oruđa pomoću kojih se oslobađamo užasne stvarnosti vremena, izgleda da svi služe tome da istinski upoznamo vreme. 

Robert Frank, Children with Sparklers in Provincetown, 1958

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