"The concept of Paradise is the logial end of human thought in a sense that it can not progress any further, for there is no thing beyond Paradise, nothing happens anymore. And therefore it can be stated that Paradise is a blind alley; it is the ultimate vision of space, the end of a thing, a mountain top, a peak you can not descend, below is only Chronos and it is in this connection that the notion of everlastng life is introduced. The same refers to Hell. Being in a deadlock has no limits..."
Josef Brodsky
In principle, it is not desirable that the final Truth should be discovered or the mysteries of Being disclosed. Just as it is not desirable that the bounds of Heaven or Hell should be found. To my mind, the process of search for some truths is important in itself. It is always fascinating to learn: WHAT is around the turn? To explore life with no fear of it, running against walls and getting lost in labyrinths to perceive and obtain yor own truth eventually. Even if to achieve this you will have to go through pain and losses. Otherwise the original will be substituted with a fake of some odd composition...
"Let's us take the word "butterfly". To use this word there is no need to make your voice as light as a feather or provide it with a pollen-covered wing. Like there is no need to remind anyone about a summer`s day or a flower bed of daffodils. As associations spring up by themselves it is absolutely unnecessary for you either to be in love or be a daffodil to grasp the essence of the word butterfly. In fact, this word is not a butterfly itself but merely a symbol, only its initial sence. So, a lot of words do not bring out the essence of an object...
However, sometimes there is no choice: to give chance for a butterfly to glide in the air, get height, talk with flowers, express beauty and fragility or for a human to appear as a butterfly and behave accordingly. Nobody ever reveals himself through words. A man lives among others of his kind. Consequently, there are many other words that show reasoning and explanation... So, it is necessary to communicate by words and pay by time. A third option is not allowed. There is only you to support yourself. Your whole being rests on what you are. The more recise and laconic you are, the more time you save.You can not fool yourself. Proving your greatness to others is no big deal but your inner self will accurately define how small you are. But that is just the inside of the landscape..."
I read this in the now remote year 1993 in my own translation and was struck by these words. There was an inscription on the cover of the book: Håvard Rem "Karl Johans åpenbaring". The text was devoted to Leonard Cohen... Some time later I came across another book - "Poetenes Evangelium". That was how I discovered the Norwegian poet and writer Håvard Rem...
......The site took a long time to emerge and its birth was laborous. It is difficult to speak of a multisided personality because you are always afraid to miss something important. The last drop that overflowed the cup of my emotional preparation and information supply was my meeting with H. Rem in Oslo in October, 2000...
Now I am ready to tell about this interesting and talented person in constant search whose personality I find fascinating and outstanding.
I will publish an information here about all his works... Also I'd like to say that all the translations and the lanscape pictures are made by me ...
... After all, there is a question rising: do we need Heaven - a perfect Heaven - if there is no road running far?..