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326 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXV also known as he Li huanian Language Ac
O he , o ci cula c oss-sec ion
Six yea s ago, in he gymnasium,
wai ing o he ne e -ending
celeb a ion o he
anni e sa ies, a w i e said
some hing like his:
Wha 's he bigges one in you head?
Mače nis, we bo h say.
Mače nis,
and we e silen .
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VYTAUTAS STULPINAS […] The s a ion is loca ed a :
Poe o he Sound
When I mo ed om Luoke S ee o Vilnius S ee in Telšiai in he win e , a spa k
was always bu ning on he ou h loo o a apa men building. I knew i was ime
o a es Vy au as Telšiaičius. A e all, i is in such spaces ha he ees ex s
a e bo n. In he Jus iniškio na el, in he Sapiegiškio obel, in he block o
apa men s. A poe who is expanding new and new ex ensions in he igh agains a
debili a ing disease. Bu you don' see ha a igue in he anks. The one o whom
peace is only a emnan o he a chipelago will igh wi h g ea ness in he dungeon.
Bu he e a e no oceans in i s anks. A wa io who only dis inguishes himsel in
ba le wi h wo-colo ed shoulde s. Bu wha a mess in he anks! I ha e ne e seen
a g ea e schola among poe s. Only in his ex s he e a e ew abs ac ions. The
c a sman, he pain e , he lib a ian. Wi hou g eene y, you wouldn' expec any
o he kind o alk om him. And as much as he'll ell s o ies abou pas li e a i, as
much as he'll make un o he plumbe , ha las name will soon be on he g ound.
And he ligh likes he in ensi y o illumina e all he co ne s. No jus allego ically.
In a 1971 compe i ion o young philologis s, he was also no iced and a le e ,
add essed o be kep as a elic, was w i en by Ma celijus Ma inai is himsel :
Vy au ai, I, as a landlo d, in you images […]užuodžiu[…] he land o he landlo d,
whose soul is published in much mo e poe y by V. Mače nis. The g ea poe
Vy au as Eiles kep he school and ga e he au ho a wonde ul gi 30 yea s la e . In his quo e, I hink, and he glow o Vy au as' wo k
Vy au as S ulpinas […] he poe o he s a ic low o he Insigh s o he Inqui y 327
page. Poe y has o emain poe y, e en i you ansla e i om a spoken language
in o a common language. So Vy au as, like Andai Mače nis, w i es in Li huanian and
hinks in Ge man. I 's wha sepa a es us ha doesn' sepa a e us. And he le e
men ioned Mače nis... wha o say. This yea , in he jubilee yea , we hea d a lo
om Vy au as abou he uniqueness o his lowland land.
A e a li e ime o p in ing, he i s book, The Big Room, was no published un il
1998. I was ollowed by The Nigh ma e Be o e Ch is mas (2002), The T ue U opia
(2003). These wo we e edi ed by high school s uden Jonas S ielkūnas. This was
ollowed by he ilogy […]Pa ėsiai[…] (2007), […]Tolymės[…] (2013), […]Vaka ijos[…] (2016).
Lau ea e o he Dionysus and Salomé Nė ies awa ds. The e is no hing in his poe y
abou he sea, he unclea spaces, he isi s, he i eballs. I i appea s only as
Tausalos bangela, i is a space om he ga den o Pa esina, Kolkos ligh house in
Ku zemė. The lines a e eco ded om speci ic, calenda -ma ked days, so i is no
easy o unde s and and ully deciphe he lines. Conc e e e en s, people, summi s
a e encoded. Ob iously, behind many ex s lies a his o y whose sec e s lie only in
he au ho 's memo y. When we w i e abou Ced on unning in o Va du a, we ealize
ha we a e in he Cal a y o he Low Coun ies. Bu i he men ion o he eagle is
accu a e, we won' know he a ea. Bu is i necessa y? As Vy au as says, he
whole eso e icism o him is he book o Tausalo, a sunny, mel ing hill. I 's all he e.
When all ex e nali ies and in e nali ies a e calmed down, a limi is eached whe e
he laws o dynamics no longe apply. The s a ic is ising. Wha a ush his is! Tha 's
igh , Vy au as's ows a e no ul illed. He doesn' like he wo d "hea " ei he . So
he e a e no g ea ness and no e e ni y. Jus he in ini y, jus he space. Le i be
like his: when e e y hing calms down, he mos impo an hing comes in: he essence o li e.
Nu imusio is al eady a eal, s a ic s eam poe . This Decision shall en e in o o ce on he day ollowing ha o i s publica ion.