The Heart of Wisdom
written by: Eliza Segiet
translated by: Dorota Stępińska
Dedicated to editor Kinga Młynarska
When one thing ended,
another started.
In the building of the former theatre
there are no more actors or props;
now you can enjoy your coffee on its stage.
Various collections of the world’s wisdom
are now where people used to watch
the magic of acting.
Now the treasures of literature fascinate visitors
who on the ex-theatre balconies
get lost in the written word, in the lives of book characters.
They create their own, extracted from the pages, world
with a self-imagined array of characters and emotions.
In the books of science, they find
what allows them to chase knowledge.
Enchanted in print, Ateneo Grand Splendid holds
the pride of the world,
the heart of wisdom,
the ocean of the knowledge horizons.
Torn between poetry and drama. Likes to look into the clouds, but keeps both feet on the ground. Her heart is close to the thought of Schopenhauer: "Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it". She is a Pushcart Prize nominee (November 2019).
Eliza Segiet – absolwentka studiów magisterskich Wydziału Filozofii, studiów podyplomowych – Wiedza o Kulturze i Filozofia, Studiów Literacko Artystycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego oraz Studium Realizacji i Eksploatacji Telewizyjno-Filmowej w Łodzi.
Rozdarta pomiędzy poezją a dramatem. Lubiąca spoglądać w chmury, ale twardo stąpająca po ziemi. Jej sercu bliska jest myśl Schopenhauera: „Zwyczajni ludzie myślą tylko o tym, jak czas spędzić, kto ma jakiś talent – jak czas wykorzystać”.
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