![]() ![]() What goes for individuals can also go for whole cultures. Winning a Nobel Prize means being seen, and validated, ultimately. But for some, for whatever reason, the feeling carries an especially strong charge, giving rise to the sense that only something “ultimate” can break it. It’s part of the human legacy to feel, somewhere along the line, unappreciated, misunderstood, not fully recognized. What people are really wanting when they want a Nobel Prize is to be seen and validated. ![]() One goggles out of one’s cranium at the wider world and sees the attention of those whose attention seems to matter being directed elsewhere, towards others, and one feels cut adrift, less than fully real, even, perhaps, mortally threatened. How many aspiring writers feel they have the “Nobel Prize for Potential” in the bag? Nobel dreams arise from feelings of being unseen. Chilean poet Nicanor Parra feels he should get the “Nobel Prize for Reading”. ![]()
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