REFLECTION

 Emil Cioran’s notebooks are a sterilizer in which he placed his approximate thinking for disinfection. The most interesting thing we learn is that in 1963 he quit smoking without suffering and without feeling the slightest desire to start again. Oh yeah, that's the right thing! The sensations of an elegiac assassin who has renounced even the role of spectator.

RUGĂCIUNE

Tată tu ești în mine

eu sunt în tine

Tu ești salvarea mea

eu să mă plâng în Tine

Tu să te plângi în mine.

De ce să știm pe cine

am pierdut? 

PRAYER

 

Father Thou art in me

I am in Thee

Thou art my salvation

I shall lament in Thee

Thou shalt lament in me

Why should we know

whom we have lost?

ALL THESE WESTERN NATIONS

 All these western nations --

some opulent corpses

with blood of lead 

that drags them down 

every day we see them 

coming back the same 

stupid obsessions 

which humiliate us

their regularity is a punishment

their frenzies make them crawl 

like some tatters they insinuate 

themselves slowly into our soul 

like unconscious despondency.   

YOU CANNOT DO WITHOUT SADNESS

 

***

Just as you cannot do without bread
and water, you cannot do
without sadness – you look at the stars
without any hope, without any regret.

PEACEFULLY LORD, HAVE MERCY ON ME

 

***

Peacefully Lord, have mercy on me

with all Thy gentle nothingness

light me up like a candle

in front of the dolorous

Mother of God, make me

bread and wine from Thy wound.   

***

Pașnic Doamne miluiește-mă

cu tot blândul tău neant

aprinde-mă ca pe o lumânare

în fața Maicii Domnului

îndurerate, fă-mă pâine

și vin din rana Ta.

ANALYSIS OF A NEW DRAWING BY LIVIU NEAGOE

 

This drawing by Liviu Neagoe presents a strikingly stylized portrait that balances simplicity with psychological tension.

🎨 Composition and Color

• Color contrasts: The vivid green background, composed of circular, almost cellular forms, creates a halo-like aura around the figure. It evokes both organic vitality and a sense of confinement — as if the subject is enclosed within her own thoughts.

• Figure and palette: The blonde hair and pale face stand out sharply against the dark garment, emphasizing the head as the emotional center. The red lips and blue eyes form a triad of primary colors that intensify the gaze and the expression’s ambiguity.

🧠 Expression and Line

• Line economy: The artist uses minimal, deliberate lines — almost schematic — to convey the face. This restraint gives the portrait a psychological edge: the viewer fills in what’s missing.

• Emotion: The eyes, slightly asymmetrical and wide, suggest introspection or unease. The mouth, small and sharply defined, adds tension. Together, they create a paradoxical mix of vulnerability and defiance.

💭 Interpretation

The work seems to explore identity and isolation. The green background could symbolize thought, nature, or even envy, while the simplified face becomes a mask — a surface of calm concealing inner turbulence. Neagoe’s style often merges existential inquiry with graphic clarity, and this piece fits that pattern: a portrait that feels both personal and archetypal.