Raskolnikov - Blog Posts
New Wips and Doodles from February :))
Crime and Punishment Part 1 poster for an assignment :)))
(I’ve only just finished part 4 chapter 2 and I cannot be normal about this book😭😭)
Some of my school art and wips from the past few months :)
When I said that I want to be a main character in a book I didn't mean a Russian novel.
"Am I a monster, or am I myself a victim?"
- Crime and Punishment vibes
Fyodor dostoevsky's work <3
Crime and Punishment
I love this ship so much, I'm so sure that they're both bisexual.
raskolnikov be like “I know a spot” then takes you to the bureau and tells you he’s a murderer
crime and punishment quotes (but none of them are deep or meaningful)
Just about finished part 4. This... has been a hell of a ride
Freedom
There are timeless books. Like Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. It's not an easy read - it takes one some time to digest it. There are parts where you have to sleep before you'd continue. Sometimes it's inevitable to have some time to really understand a chain of thoughts.
Among many fantastic ideas and images, there's one thing I was really interested in while reading the book. Freedom. The freedom of will. Throughout the novel it seems, as if there's no choice, he has to do this or he has to say that. But it really isn't true. Raskolnikov always had the chance to stop, to change. I must admit I was profoundly worried as the unread part of the book kept thinning and yet, all the events, conversations and meditations seemed to disprove my belief.
It was until the last scene of Porfiry. He demanded the truth to be seen. He offered a choice, one that's always been present, even before the murder in the beginning of the book, and it was no else than holding on to foolish philosophies or letting go and free-falling into the frightening depths of salvation.
The whole story is an interesting idea. One does not have to commit such an obvious and terrible crime in order to be lost. Because freedom, like Raskolnikov's freedom, is basically just the freedom that a binary choice offers. It's a generally known fact that the world isn't black and white, so how could matters be so easy, as to say they're just the intersection of two ways. But they are. The quintessential of choices is just this question: salvation -- or this?
The 'this' of life is something we all know. It's all of our ideas, our self-made plans, which will be ridiculed sooner than we'd think. We have a grand plan individually designed for each and every one of us. Just as Raskolnikov always had the greatest thing in reach, we, too, have it right there. The most fantastic treasure of our lives, or the possibility of receiving it, is right around us. It's already delivered, we're just too eternally busy with our own thoughts that we began to believe, that we're not free to go for it. We began to believe there are things we have to do in order to-- But it's really just letting go of control and trying to fit into the Heavenly plan. It's always accessible, we're not required to be anywhere or anyone to be given it.