A Talk on Morals

I was more than happy to attend the jam packed lecture/talk today of the writer (and proper Nobel Prize winner) Oe Kenzaburo, and doubly happy that the speech was projected onto a screen as well- the reason being that I was able to follow along and understand the majority of it.  What was most interesting for me was to be in the presence of a Writer of a certain calibre, despite his works not being along the lines of my own sometimes shallow interests.  Yet, after today's talk, I will follow up by looking at his works again, over twenty years having passed since I looked at his novels (at a time when my interest in Japanese literature was at its highest point).

What was really most interesting, though, was that the talk was not on or of literature, but rather on politics and the issue of morals.  This is perhaps not surprising for those who read the work of Oe or know of his public statements/actions, but for someone who works in the realm of the imagination, to inject something of Society, for a better society, that is, is remarkable.

In the center, Oe the brightest vision he was.