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Yes, she felt a perfect animal inside her. The thought of one day setting this animal loose disgusted her. Perhaps for fear of lack of aesthetic. Or dreading a revelation… No, no, she repeated, you mustn’t be afraid to create. Deep down the animal may have disgusted her because she still had in her a desire to please and to be loved by someone […] Her thoughts were, once erected, garden statues and she looked at them as she followed her path through the garden… 1
1 From Joana’s Day, Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector, translation by Alison Entrekin, edited by Benjamin Moser, New Directions Book, New York, 2012: 9, 10, 11. 2 Ibid., 167
Yes, she felt a perfect animal inside her. The thought of one day setting this animal loose disgusted her. Perhaps for fear of lack of aesthetic. Or dreading a revelation… No, no, she repeated, you mustn’t be afraid to create. Deep down the animal may have disgusted her because she still had in her a desire to please and to be loved by someone […] Her thoughts were, once erected, garden statues and she looked at them as she followed her path through the garden… 1
1 From Joana’s Day, Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector, translation by Alison Entrekin, edited by Benjamin Moser, New Directions Book, New York, 2012: 9, 10, 11. 2 Ibid., 167
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