Today I will write about the transformation. Is that mean that I will write about my physical change (e.g., losing the weight from 99 kg [~218 pounds] to 76 kilograms [168 pounds])?
Or, maybe I will write about other people’s transformation, e.g., changing one’s sex? Speaking shortly: no, I will write about something different. Fyodor Dostoyevski’s quotation is the thing that inspired me to write something contrary. A famous Russian writer wrote about the transformation of thoughts into words. Let’s take a look at a quotation written by Dostoyevski in “A raw youth” novel:
“Why, so you, too, are sometimes distressed at the impossibility of putting thought into words! That’s a great sorrow, my dear fellow, and it’s only vouchsafed to the elect: the fool is always satisfied with what he has said and always, too, says more than he needs; they love to have something to spare.”
For me, the Russian writer is a true master of transforming thoughts into words. When I read almost all his novels in 2013, I was genuinely amazed at how so much wisdom might have had a source in one mind. But, when we take a closer look at Dostoyevski’s childhood, we can notice something. We can spot that his talent had a firm, steady ground. For example, did you know, my Dear Guest, that Dostoyevski read all Walter Scott’s novels when he was 12 years old?! According to Wikipedia, Scottish novelists wrote 21 books during their whole life. It is an impressive achievement for a 12 years old boy.
Now we know why a Russian novelist possessed so many energy reserves and pearls of wisdom during his whole life.
If he did such marvelous things during his childhood, we can imagine what he could do during his adulthood. He merely transformed himself from the a-lot-of-reading-boy to a prolific writer.
Dostoyevski is a true inspiration for me. Indeed, he was a master of transforming his inner thoughts into words.
