Limba Pasarilor aka The Language of The Birds by Andrei Plesu – author of Despre Ingeri https://realini.blogspot.com/2022/05/despre-ingeri-by-andrei-plesu-10-out-of.html and other magnum opera - 10 out of 10

 

Limba Pasarilor aka The Language of The Birds by Andrei Plesu – author of Despre Ingeri https://realini.blogspot.com/2022/05/despre-ingeri-by-andrei-plesu-10-out-of.html  and other magnum opera

10 out of 10

 

 

Andrei Plesu is perhaps the most admired, poplar and important luminary in this land – he certainly is for yours truly – and furthermore, he should be known and acclaimed across the globe, if you ask me, and presumably others, a titan, brilliant intellectual who is not looking down at the hoi polloi, albeit he can be a splendid critic

 

The demi God has a divine sense of humor, combining it in his writing and speeches with the esoterical, inaccessible really for the common reader (however, I need to add here that the ‘average human’ does not reach for this Magister Ludi, indeed, people read less, and when they do, they opt for rather undemanding material)

One of my favorite reads is Comedii La Portile Orientului https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/01/note-2-on-comedii-la-portile-orientului_7.html in which we laugh at the politicians, the absurdity of the communist regime – when he is send to Indonesia, to participate in a conference, and then, due to malfunctions, he is perplexed

 

The organizers have paid for almost all the costs, but even an infinitesimal contribution was refused by the apparatchiks – one ludicrous incident refers to an airplane that landed somewhere in Africa, and it had problems, instead of fixing them there, the officials had it fly back to Bucharest, and then the whole ended up being many times more expensive

Many, maybe most of the works of Andrei Plesu are not for the ‘amateur’, the philosopher is not just erudite, he is above the others and with a distance that is hard to envisage, yes, the likes of Comedies at The Gates of The Orient and Obscenitatea Publica are not just easy to get into, but a joy to fly with and then remember

 

Obscenitatea Publica aka The Public Obscenity https://realini.blogspot.com/2014/05/obscenitatea-publica-by-andrei-plesu.html is about what we see in the title, in that the man of letters has had the occasion to meet and know some, actually most of the leaders of this realm, and those from other countries…

He has been criticized for his participation in government, at a time when we had a neo-communist at the helm, but his presence served to temper some of the hot spirits there, and much more, as Minister of Education, then for Foreign Affairs, and finally adviser to the president, Andrei Plesu has brought a fabulous contribution

As he said often, it would have been easier for him to stay away from the task of serving the public, and enjoy the intellectual life, the ivory tower, trips to prestigious universities, La Dolce Vita, but he chose to plunge in, do his duty, only to be insulted, and injured, instead of getting the homage, praise he fully deserves

 

I must admit that I have been hostile for a period, when Basescu was president, and Andrei Plesu joined the team, the former had become in my eyes a sort of Trump (rude, obnoxious, pompous, loud, more than insolent, rudimentary…but he was nonetheless 1,000 times better than the American Orange Jesus, as leaders of his cult call him)

The philosopher had in fact tried again to participate in the agora, pay his contribution, the dues for society, only to find that that president was rather (again, like Orange Jesus) too arrogant, sure than he knows better, and if you know Trump, then divide that excessive, narcissistic idiot with 1k and then you get the picture

 

Andrei Plesu has thus tried to be a good citizen, and succeeded magnificently, in all sort of ways, he has books that give the public joy, improved the image of this land when he was the Foreign Affairs Minister, and represented us around the world, where he was several thousand miles above the entourage, we can be sure of that

When in charge of Culture, as minister, he took a few decisions that would be landmarks and fundamental again – he was the one responsible, together with the other giant of our culture, Gabriel Liiceanu  with the creation of Humanitas https://realini.blogspot.com/2021/11/50-minutes-with-plesu-and-liiceanu-10.html

 

Humanitas is a symbol of liberty, it represents what is better in this country, they published the chefs d’oeuvre of the world, and promoted the local luminaries, it is a beacon, a proof that there is talent here, and the lamentations of those who feel they have to flee, there is no light in these places can be rejected and there is hope

Yes, criticism is needed, and Public Obscenity, the essays of Andrei Plesu are on fire, they expose corruption, ineptitude, the inexcusable men (mostly) who aspire to get the power, but they have little, if anything to recommend them for that, except connections, endorsement from other fake talents, members of the gang

 

One of the scorching criticisms is that these ruffians have no ‘profession’, they are not good at something, they just talk a lot, and they are the opposite of…Socrates, who was declared the wisest man of ancient times by the Oracle of Delphi, and that puzzled the decent, bright Athenian, who would not just show off with that

He wanted to understand why there had been such a statement and looking around, he saw that most men pretended to know about any subject, horses, anything, while he kept questioning, did not claim he knew what he did not know, so that must be it, he does not claim knowledge he does not have, while here, and especially in America now, you have this foolish clown, Orange Jesus, who is ‘a very stable genius’, in his own, perpetually repeated words…

 

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se

 

 There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

 

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html

 

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

 

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

 

‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’

 

“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”