So?
Have you see it?
The HBO special—Hemingway and Gellhorn?
I did.
Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen are fantastic...
As are the visual effects…
That edit both actors in actual archival film clips.
Phenomenal!
I have a confession though…
I’ve never read Hemingway…
And I’d never even heard of Gellhorn as an author.
Now I want to read both.
But no matter how much awe I’m in…
Of Hemingway as an author…
I can’t say I admire or aspire to have a life like he had.
He seemed so tortured…
Was quite a drinker…
Was married four times…
And in the movie there were all the innuendos…
About his sex life.
(I confess—I Googled to find the details. Not much.)
And later in life he committed suicide.
Sure, Papa Hemingway may be considered...
One of the greatest writers in modern
history…
But I ask you…
When you’re lying cold in the grave…
Or you’re nothing but ashes on someone’s mantle…
What do you want your legacy to be?
How important is being a brilliant author in the hereafter…
If the soul is tortured in the now?
What say you?
Ever read Hemingway?
And if you could…
Would you want a life like his…
To be considered one of the best authors of modern times?
Always, Em-Musing
