This quote is the driving force that helps most people survive through life. When dealing with trials, tribulations and disappointments, their is always a need to understand what it all means. We say affirmations that give us hope into finding why we experience great sorrow, loss, tragedies and disappointments. Some argue that their is no point and that life is what it is. Some may say we waste precious hours of our lives waiting and hoping for circumstances to change when the the answer or solution is internal. The choice lives within us all to choose our attitude and outlook on what life throws are way.
My reflection stems from reading Endgame. I have a hard time believing a writer writes without purpose. Writing is a cathartic, cleansing experience for most and most writers want to leave the reader with some type of feeling. It was stated during our discussion that maybe Beckett wrote the piece in opposition to the theory that all pieces have to have a definitive meaning. The irony in this is that the piece still has a meaning. If that was his objective, the meaning still exist in his choice to be liberated by literary standards.
The most interesting concept for me to digest is how this world of theatre is so subjective. What makes a piece a profound? What criteria have we internalized throughout the years that helps us identify brilliance in this art form? Right or wrong I always search for a meaning. I always search for a dimension, realm that goes beyond the first read of a script. Innovative writers have the ability to tell several stories within a story. I look for these abstract thoughts in the characters actions, situations and dialogue. I revel in reading or seeing a script that causes some type of epiphany at the end. The question I pose......can it be considered acceptable work when the majority of your audience is lost in the end? Should there be one main connection that all viewers are able to identify?
We are trained to be critical and I agree with searching for what does work instead of picking apart all the things we analyze as being wrong. However ,what accountability do we have for playwrights to produce sound, quality writing? This question will never be answered, because in the arts subjectivity reigns supreme. In the meantime, you will always find me reflecting and searching to find the meaning of it all.
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Two things stand out to me in your post: "feeling lost" and "searching." Seems to me that these are recurring patterns of feeling and action in Beckett's work for the characters he creates. So the experience of feeling lost but still searching for meaning could be very much what he intended ... it's a feeling with which it's very easy to empathize!
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