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wisdom beyond his years and observing the gulf which this creates between
himself and others, he must set about examining its purpose. Fully equipped
with an active consciousness, Cemi" must rationalize (in a positive sense) his
emotional and sensory experiences into a systematic frame of reference for
poetic
creativity.
Cemi discovers before long that it is not so easy to seek his old friends
out, once they have disappeared: "Causaron al principio de su trato, la im-
ýfa para siempre, cuando despertamos ay, ya no
presi6n de que eran una compan
est4n,, se sumergieron en una fluencia indetenible
...
" (1,496). It is one
thing to experience intuitively the creative potential of a triumph over the
Unconscious, but to re-visit it to gain inspiration for the creative act, in
cold blood as it were, is quite another matter. The knowledge Cemi , has gain-
ed from his friendship with Reason and Chaos personified may have to lie dor-
mant until he understands a little more of the creative process itself. The
foundationsof his art have been laid by family memories and influences but
Cemi must learn how to tap their power. Words will be his tools and he is
fascinated by them:
ir
Ei ejercicio de la poesia, la busqueda verbal de finalidad
desconocida, le iban desarrollando una extra'na percepci6n
por las palabras que adquieren un relieve animista en los
agrupamientos espaciales, sentadas como sibilas en una asam-
blea de espfritus (1,496).
He notes their positions relative to one another, their independent nature
and individual personalities, their capacity to convey secret, mystical
knowledge and inspiration. He seems to feel the shape and volume of words:
it
f
parecia que llegaba a tocar su formas
...
" (1,497) which come to exist in
essence, so to speak. They are more fully themselves and they occupy "el
espacio gn6stico" (1,497) which appears to be the same as "la ocupatio de
los estoicos, es decir la total ocupacidn de un cuerpo. "
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Man, with his
gift of insight, orders reality by placing some of its elements in new