der Geist

“앞으로 누군가 노벨문학상을 받는다면 나보다 연배가 8년쯤 아래인 한국의 황석영, 프랑스의 르 클레지오(2006), 중국의 모옌(2012), 그리고 터키의 오르한 파무크(2008)가 유력하다.”(오에 겐자부로, 2005)

1. “<고도를 기다리며>에 대한 표준적 해석은 ‘기다린다, 오지 않는다, 그래도 기다린다’라는 단순한 주제와 구성에 착안해, ‘오지 않는 것은 절망이지만, 무엇인가 기다린다는 것은 희망이다’라고 말한다.”

2. “블라디미르와 에스트라 공은 무·당근·바나나를 입에 달고 산다. … 어쩌면 그들은 한 번도 성인이 되지 못한 존재, 유아기나 아동기에 성장을 멈춘 사람들이다.”

3. “작품 전체에 가득한 이들의 유아성이야말로 그들이 고도를 끈덕지게 기다릴 수 있는 저력이면서, 고도를 알아보지 못하는 원인이기도 하다. 두 주인공의 기다림에 대한 집착과 오지 않는 것에 대한 천진난만한 기대는 모두 어린아이의 특성이다. 아이에게는 회의할 줄 모른다는 장점이 있지만, 진리를 판별할 능력도 없다.”

Matthew 11:28-30 NIV

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Proverbs 1:7 NIV

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

1 Kings 3:5-10 NIV

At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day. “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.

2 Samuel 23:1-7 NIV

These are the last words of David: “The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse, the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero of Israel’s songs: “The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me; his word was on my tongue. The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: ‘When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God, he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth.’ “If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire. But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns, which are not gathered with the hand. Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie.”