Summary Of Voices By Antonio Porchia

In Antonio Porchia’s book of aphorisms, “Voices” he tells us, “He who tells the truth says almost nothing.” This expresses that someone who only needs a few words, often holds a great amount of wisdom. It only requires a few sentences, a couple words even, to convey an honest and relatable idea. Within “Voices”, he breaks away from the need to have pages and pages of words to tell a story and demonstrates that a single sentence can do wonders. Porchia thought that an individual could become wise and literary by constantly turning over thoughts and trivial phrases. He has it so it is an interactive reading where he gives the sentence, and the reader fills in the blank. He saw that less truly equals more in this stance, and he verified it
Particular ideas need example after example to prove to someone that this is what is happening, but with Porchia, he requires a couple words. Each aphorism will have a different meaning depending on the reader. Porchia says, “Mud, when it leaves the mud, stops being mud” people can interpret this in various ways. When I see it, I visualize that once I leave the toxic situation behind me, I can stop having the mindset of those toxins. While someone else who reads the aphorism could think, anything can be fresh again with time and care once out of the mud. It is up to the person and her experience to put together what Porchia is saying and making her own story. While that is the truth with his writing, “The Loss of the Creature” guides the reader to the ideas Walker Percy wants to represent, but that hinders someone’s creativity and ideas. With longer writing, there is an exact meaning, what you interpret is not necessarily wrong, but is restricted into a set of bars and cannot expand. In addition, longer writing tends to be repetitive, this could benefit to some readers, but it is often an annoyance. If the writer is continually saying the same ideas in different ways, when the reader understand the concept, she may end up not appreciating it as much as she could if the author left it up to them to think. I can see why it is a benefit because it can appeal to multiple readers, but