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Miracles of Life: J.G. Ballard's Pre-posthumous Memoir

A surreal sort of life

A A A Comments (0) By MARK DERY Wednesday, Feb 11 2009
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It’s not yet time to write Ballard’s epitaph, but when it comes, his poetic, almost liturgical credo, “What I Believe” (1984), will do nicely:

I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.

J.G. Ballard’s pre-posthumous memoir
Illustration by Kyle T. Webster
J.G. Ballard’s pre-posthumous memoir

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I believe in the non-existence of the past, in the death of the future, and the infinite possibilities of the present.

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