green door
Imagine walking down Broadway after dinner and, for the ten minutes it takes to smoke a cigar, ponder the choice between a funny tragedy or something serious in the vaudeville genre. Suddenly, a hand touches your shoulder. You turn around, and in front of you are the wondrous eyes of a charming beauty in diamonds and Russian sables. She hurriedly shoves an incredibly hot buttered bun into your hand and, flashing a pair of tiny scissors, snaps off the top button on your coat in an instant. Then he utters only one word meaningfully: "parallelogram!" - and, looking around timidly, hides in the alley.
This is what real adventure is all about. Would you respond to this? You are not. You would flush with embarrassment, drop the bun embarrassingly, and walk on, fumbling uncertainly with your hand over the place on the coat from which the button had just disappeared. That is exactly what you would do, unless you are one of those lucky few who have not yet died a living thirst for adventure.
True adventurers have always been in short supply. Those who were immortalized by the printed word were for the most part only sober, businesslike people who operated by newly invented methods. They aspired to what they needed: the Golden Fleece, the Holy Grail, the love of the lady of the heart, treasure, crown or glory. A true adventurer willingly goes towards an unknown fate, without setting any goal, without the slightest calculation. A great example is the Prodigal Son when he turned back towards home.
Pseudo-adventurers - although bright, courageous personalities - crusaders, crowned bearers, swordsmen and others - were found in many, enriching history, literature and publishers of historical novels. But each of them was waiting for a reward: to win a prize, to score a goal, to shame an opponent, to win a competition, to make a name for himself, to settle scores with someone, to make a fortune. So they cannot be classified as true adventurers.
In our big city, the twin spirits - Romance and Adventure - are always ready, always looking for their worthy admirers. When we wander along the street, they secretly glance at us, lure us, hiding behind dozens of different masks. For some unknown reason, we suddenly look up and see in a strange window a face that clearly belongs to our portrait gallery of the closest people. In a quiet, sleepy street, because of the tightly closed shutters of an empty house, we clearly hear a desperate cry of pain and fear. The cabman, instead of taking you to the usual entrance, stops his carriage in front of an unfamiliar door, and it opens affably, as if inviting you to enter. From the high latticed window of Chance a scribbled piece of paper falls at your feet. In the hurrying street crowd, we exchange glances of instantly flashed hatred, sympathy or fear with people who are completely strangers to us. A sudden downpour - and maybe your umbrella will cover the daughter of the Full Moon and the cousin of the Star System. Dropped handkerchiefs fall on every corner, beckoning fingers, pleading eyes, and now fragmentary, incomprehensible, mysterious, delightful and dangerous threads are shoved into your hands that pull you on an adventure. But few of us want to keep them, to go where they lead. Our back, eternally propped up by the iron frame of conventions, has long since ossified. We are passing by. And someday, on the slope of our dull, monotonous life, we will think that Romance in it was not particularly bright - one or two marriages, a satin rosette hidden at the bottom of the box, and eternal irreconcilable enmity with a steam heating radiator.
Rudolf Steiner was a true adventurer. Rarely did he leave his “room for one” in search of the unexpected, the unusual. It always seemed to him that the most interesting thing that only gives life was waiting for him, perhaps around the nearest corner. Sometimes the desire to try his luck led him down strange paths. Twice he spent the night at the police station. Again and again he became a victim of rogues who lightened his pockets. For flattering female attention, he had to pay with both a wallet and a watch. But with unremitting fervor he picked up every glove thrown to him in the merry arena of Adventure.
One evening Rudolph was walking in the old central part of the city. Streams of people flowed along the sidewalk - some hurried to the hearth, others - restless people! - left him for the dubious comfort of a thousand-year-old table d'hôte.
Young and good-looking, the adventurer was in good spirits, but full of expectation. During the day he worked as a salesman in a piano shop. He did not fasten the tie with a pin, but passed its ends through a topaz ring. And one day he wrote to the publisher of a certain magazine that of all the books he had read, the novel "Junie's Trials of Love", the work of Miss Libby, had the strongest influence on his life.
green door
Translation by N. Dekhtereva
Selected works in 3 books. Book 1. - M.: Verb, Voice, 1993
Imagine that after dinner you are walking down Broadway and
ten minutes to smoke a cigar, contemplate your choice
between a funny tragedy or something serious in the vaudeville genre. And suddenly
someone's hand touches your shoulder. You turn around and in front of you are marvelous
eyes of a charming beauty in diamonds and Russian sables. She
hurriedly shoves an incredibly hot buttered bun into your hand and, flashing
a pair of tiny scissors, in an instant snips off the top button on your
coat. Then he utters only one word meaningfully: "parallelogram!"
and, looking around timidly, hides in the alley.
This is what real adventure is all about. Would you respond to this?
You are not. You would blush with embarrassment, drop your bun embarrassingly, and
would have walked on, groping uncertainly over the place on the coat from where
button has just disappeared. That's exactly what you would do, unless
belong to those few lucky ones in whom the living thirst has not yet died
adventure.
True adventurers have always been in short supply. Those who
immortalized the printed word, were for the most part only sober business people,
operating with newly invented methods. They strove for what they
required: the golden fleece, the holy grail, the love of the lady of the heart,
treasure, crown or glory. Authentic adventurer willingly
goes towards an unknown fate, without setting any goal, without the slightest
calculation. A great example is the Prodigal Son - when he turned
back to home.
Pseudo-adventurers - although bright, brave personalities -
crusaders, crowned bearers, swordsmen and others - were found in multitudes,
enriching history, literature, and publishers of historical novels. But each of
rewards were waiting for them: to receive a prize, to score a goal, to shame an opponent, to win
competition, make a name for yourself, settle scores with someone, make a fortune. So
that they cannot be classified as true adventurers.
In our big city, twin spirits - Romance and Adventure - always
at the ready, always in search of their worthy admirers. As we wander along
street, they secretly glance at us, lure, hiding behind dozens of
various masks. It is not known why, we suddenly look up and see in someone else's
window, a face clearly belonging to our portrait gallery of the closest
of people. In a quiet, sleepy street, because of the tightly closed shutters of an empty house, we
we clearly hear a desperate cry of pain and fear. cabman instead of
drive you to the usual entrance, stops his carriage in front of
a door unfamiliar to you, and it opens affably, as if inviting you
to come in. From the high latticed window of Chance, scribbled falls at your feet.
sheet. In the hurrying street crowd, we exchange glances instantly
erupted hatred, sympathy or fear with people who are completely strangers to us.
A sudden downpour - and maybe your umbrella will cover Full Moon's daughter and cousin
Star System. Dropped handkerchiefs fall on every corner, fingers beckon,
Alex Exler
Today is a bright day. Day of solidarity of international workers of all countries with all continents. What does this holiday include? How do workers solidarize with each other? Very simple. In the morning, Russian working people collect all sorts of entourage in the form of flags, posters, banners and slogans, take this matter into their hands and march in friendly ranks along Red Square, evoking a just feeling of admiration from the leadership. It must be said that the posters and banners used by the working masses accurately reflect the mood in society. Former party leaders carefully dust off the slogans of antiquity and proudly march with philosophical existential appeals: "Peace! Labor! May!". I have always been very pleased with this thoughtful slogan, because I could not get to the bottom of its dialectical roots. Why "Peace! Labor! May"? Of course, the call "War! Idleness! June!" would look a little darker. But why then not write "Beer! Vodka! Sausage!"? I guarantee that with such a slogan the working people would much more willingly support themselves.
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Imagine walking down Broadway after dinner and, for the ten minutes it takes to smoke a cigar, ponder the choice between a funny tragedy or something serious in the vaudeville genre. Suddenly, a hand touches your shoulder. You turn around, and in front of you are the wondrous eyes of a charming beauty in diamonds and Russian sables. She hurriedly shoves an incredibly hot buttered bun into your hand and, flashing a pair of tiny scissors, snaps off the top button on your coat in an instant. Then he utters only one word meaningfully: "parallelogram!" - and, looking around timidly, hides in the alley.
This is what real adventure is all about. Would you respond to this? You are not. You would flush with embarrassment, drop the bun embarrassingly, and walk on, fumbling uncertainly with your hand over the place on the coat from which the button had just disappeared. That is exactly what you would do, unless you are one of those lucky few who have not yet died a living thirst for adventure.
True adventurers have always been in short supply. Those who were immortalized by the printed word were for the most part only sober, businesslike people who operated by newly invented methods. They aspired to what they needed: the Golden Fleece, the Holy Grail, the love of the lady of the heart, treasure, crown or glory. A true adventurer willingly goes towards an unknown fate, without setting any goal, without the slightest calculation. A great example is the Prodigal Son when he turned back towards home.
Pseudo-adventurers - although bright, courageous personalities - crusaders, crowned bearers, swordsmen and others - were found in many, enriching history, literature and publishers of historical novels. But each of them was waiting for a reward: to win a prize, to score a goal, to shame an opponent, to win a competition, to make a name for himself, to settle scores with someone, to make a fortune. So they cannot be classified as true adventurers.
In our big city, the twin spirits - Romance and Adventure - are always ready, always looking for their worthy admirers. When we wander along the street, they secretly glance at us, lure us, hiding behind dozens of different masks. For some unknown reason, we suddenly look up and see in a strange window a face that clearly belongs to our portrait gallery of the closest people. In a quiet, sleepy street, because of the tightly closed shutters of an empty house, we clearly hear a desperate cry of pain and fear. The cabman, instead of taking you to the usual entrance, stops his carriage in front of an unfamiliar door, and it opens affably, as if inviting you to enter. From the high latticed window of Chance a scribbled piece of paper falls at your feet. In the hurrying street crowd, we exchange glances of instantly flashed hatred, sympathy or fear with people who are completely strangers to us. A sudden downpour - and maybe your umbrella will cover the daughter of the Full Moon and the cousin of the Star System. Dropped handkerchiefs fall on every corner, beckoning fingers, pleading eyes, and now fragmentary, incomprehensible, mysterious, delightful and dangerous threads are shoved into your hands that pull you on an adventure. But few of us want to keep them, to go where they lead. Our back, eternally propped up by the iron frame of conventions, has long since ossified. We are passing by. And someday, on the slope of our dull, monotonous life, we will think that Romance in it was not particularly bright - one or two marriages, a satin rosette hidden at the bottom of the box, and eternal irreconcilable enmity with a steam heating radiator.
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Young and good-looking, the adventurer was in good spirits, but full of expectation. During the day he worked as a salesman in a piano shop. He did not fasten the tie with a pin, but passed its ends through a topaz ring. And one day he wrote to the publisher of a certain magazine that of all the books he had read, the novel "Juni's Trials of Love," by Miss Libby, had the strongest influence on his life.
The loud chattering of teeth in a glass box on the pavement made him (not without inner trepidation) turn his attention to the restaurant in front of which the said box was displayed, but the next minute he discovered the electric letters of the dentist's sign over the next door. Standing near the door leading to the dentist, a huge negro in a fantastic outfit - a red tailcoat embroidered with galloons, yellow trousers and a military cap - carefully handed some sheets of paper to those of the passers-by who agreed to accept them.
This type of dental advertising was a familiar sight to Rudolf. He usually walked by, ignoring the dentists' business cards. But this time the African slipped the paper into his hands so nimbly that Rudolf did not throw it away and even smiled at how cleverly it had been done.
After walking a few steps, Rudolph looked indifferently at the sheet. Surprised, he turned it over and then examined it again, this time with interest. One side of the sheet was blank, on the other was written in ink: "The Green Door." And then Rudolf saw that a passer-by walking in front threw out a piece of paper, also handed to him by a Negro. Rudolf lifted the sheet, looked: the name and address of the dentist with the usual list - "prostheses", "bridges", "crowns" and eloquent promises of "painless removal".
The adept of the Great Spirit of Adventure and the seller of pianos stopped at the corner and thought. Then he crossed to the opposite side of the street, walked the block in the opposite direction, returned to the previous side and merged with the crowd moving towards where the dentist's electric sign was shining. Passing by the negro for the second time and pretending not to notice him, Rudolf casually accepted the sheet again offered to him. After about ten paces he examined the new sheet. In the same handwriting as the first one, it read: "Green Door." Nearby, on the sidewalk, there were three similar sheets of paper, thrown by those walking in front of or behind Rudolph - all the sheets fell clean side up. He picked them up and examined them. On all of them, he read the tempting invitations of the dentist's office.