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Mayakovski wrote in a 1927 piece [1] "he'll plow the fields, then write a poem". I wonder now if this was about Stalin? I also wonder about odd habits of other
by DenisM 7y ago
Mayakovski wrote in a 1927 piece [1] "he'll plow the fields, then write a poem". I wonder now if this was about Stalin?
I also wonder about odd habits of other great men (great as in "highly influential"). Is a man with great inspirations but without quirky habits unrelated to their field doomed to mediocracy?
[1] https://info.wikireading.ru/228439 https://info.wikireading.ru/228439
- coldtea 7y agoCould just as well be a vision for the "new man/woman" of socialism, which "he'll plow the fields, then write a poem" (e.g. not just be a mere worker cog, but a worker + creative intellectual, a whole personality).
- pavlov 7y agoReminds me of a 1960s movie (can’t remember the title) where Peter Sellers plays an enthusiastic British communist who envisions what life must be like in the Soviet Union: “In the day, working the corn fields. In the evening, ballet!”
- pvg 7y agoIt’s a fun idea but no, it’s not about Stalin - Mayakovsky refers to various Bolshevik leaders explicitly and often by name. It’s Mayakovsky, not Mandelstam.