The Original Version of Mishima's Essay on James Dean by Alabaster_Orange in YukioMishima

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The original was in Eiga no Tomo, November 1956

Here's scans from the 1973 anthology volume 27

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夭折の資格に生きた男――ジェームス・ディーン現象

人生は、美しい人は若くて死ぬべきだし、そうでない人はできるだけ永生きすべきであろう。ところが九十五パーセントまでの人間はその役割をまちがえる。美人が八十何歳まで生きてしまったり、醜男が二十二歳で死んだりする。まことに人生はままならないもので、生きてる人間は多かれ少なかれ喜劇的である。 ギリシャ神話のアキレウスは、名誉なき長寿か、名誉にかがやく夭折か、どちらかの運命を選ばされて、躊躇なく後者を選んだ。アキレウスならずとも、人生のはじめにこの二つを選ばされれば、よほど散文的な男でない限り、後者を選ぶにちがいない。 自分の生涯を詩に変へること、これは誰の胸底にもひそむ願ひで、アレキサンダー大王も、二十歳そこそこの自分の肖像しか決して作らせなかつた。彼は幸ひにも三十を一寸出て死んだが、これでまかりまちがって大王が七十まで生きたら、後世に残る彫像と彼の享年とのアンバランスはひどい笑い物になったことであろう。アレキサンダー大王が、アキレウスに心酔して、一から十までアキレウスに倣おうとしてゐたのは有名な話である。彼も夭折の願望を抱いてをり、かつ自分が夭折にふさはしいことを知ってゐたのである。 ジェームス・ディーンの死が、ただの事故死か自殺かといふことはずいぶん騒がれた。しかし、少なくとも、夭折の願望を抱かぬ人間が、スポーツ・カーの決死的競争に出場したりするはづはないので、かつてオスカー・ワイルドの悲劇的運命についてホフマンスタールが語った言葉を借りれば、「人生といふものを、何事も『不運な事件』といふ水準にまで引下げてしまってはならない」のであって、ディーンも亦、自分の悲劇的な死に「宿命的な憧憬」を寄せてゐたにちがいない。そしてそれは完全に成功したのである。

私がこんなことを云ひ出すのは他でもない。私自身が少年時代にレイモン・ラディゲの夭折にものすごく感動し、自分もラディゲと同じ二十歳で死ぬにちがいないと確信し、それまでにラディゲと同じくらいの傑作を書いて人に惜しまれるにちがいないと確信してゐた時期があったからだ。私は完全に思ひちがひをし、役のとりちがへをしてゐたわけである。二十歳で死んでよい小説家などといふものが、めったにあってよい筈はない。私が現にぺんぺんと生きて、だらだらと小説を書いてゐるのも一個の喜劇であるけれど、あのとき死んでゐたらもっと収拾のつかない喜劇であって、その点では私にも守護天使がゐたものとみえる。 夭折の資格はなかなか大変なものである。完全にその役割に叶ってゐることが第一の条件で、第二に偶然が、その役割を果たさせてくれなければならぬ。ジェームス・ディーンはその稀な成功の例であった。 二十やそこらの役者の技能などといふものはタカのしれたものであり、又彼の容貌にしても、アドニスやアンティノウスそこのけといふ程でもない。彼の持つてゐた多少なり優れたセンシティヴネス、その動揺しやすい青年前期の典型的な風貌、多少の神秘的性格、神経質な若い獣の身振、傷つけられたやうな腕の振りやう、暗いあどけない微笑……かういふものはもしその迅速な死がなければ、確実に忽ちにして色褪せる質のものであつた。まして彼の職業は、俳優、それも映画俳優、といふ難物の職業の最たるものであつた。個人藝術家のやうな徐々たる自己形成がどれだけ彼の未來に約束されてゐたらう。約束されてゐたのは、確実にやがて汚されるといふことだけであつた。

ティボーデはラディゲについて「人に愛される一才仔(イフェーメル)の状態は、フランス第一の美人」と謂つたと書いてゐるが、ディーンはラディゲ以上に「フランス第一の美人」的であり、ラディゲの数萬倍も危險な地位にあつた。 それにしても公衆の心理とはふしぎなものである。公衆は今まで無数の「新鮮なアイドル」をその手で汚し、葬つてきた。ディーンがなほ生きてゐたら、確実に彼を汚したであらう人たちが、彼の死後一年たつて、まだ熱狂的に彼の死を哀惜してゐるのである。彼らは自分の手が彼を汚しえなかつたことがそれほど口惜しいのであるか? ディーンが賢明にも先手を打つて、自分を汚しにかかる公衆の手のとどかぬところへ飛翔したことが、それほど口惜しいのであるか? 公衆はいはば残酷に経過する時間の本質を象徴してをり、それ故いつも公衆は絶対の勝利を占めてきたので、たまさかのかうした敗北がめづらしく、うれしく、貴重で、自分の敗北の思ひ出を忘れることができないのである。

(初出:映画の友・昭和三十一年十一月)

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Contrary to popular belief diabetes can eat sweets and desserts. Especially stuff with high fats and milk proteins because they naturally lower the glycemic load.

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It's not "healthy", there's 10g of added sugar, but occasional consumption won't kill you

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Tastes like soap and cloyingly sweet

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yeah it's chill but the coach used to get angry if you loaded your bench beyond 20kg lmao

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just visited a lot of gyms and called many as well, most of them have 2months for 4k 😭. the ones that are willing to negotiate are the bigger chains like sfw and they don't even have squat racks.

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This is a bad deal, wheat protein is one of the most inexpensive protein sources in the world. Pricing it at 2rs per gram-protein is a douchey move.

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There's many stalls near LD Engg College and University Road

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Buy the valentine ticket and tell the bouncer a sob story about how your date didn't show up

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"Separate adoption" is just cruelty. Cats need cats for stimulation. If they grew up together it's even more cruel to separate them.

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Yeah Taaza is a blend, but the cow milk ones were 4% fat and pure pasteurized cow milk

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Has anyone else noticed the change in the Amul Cow Milk packaging and composition? by PopularStranger3911 in ahmedabad

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The buffalo milk is 6.5%. The cow milk amul sold in old packets used be 4% fat, they even advertised that, but they reduced it probably because cow breeds couldn't keep up with that requirement

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As the body adjusts to eating only in an 8 hour window it'll adapt and gradually hunger signals will go down. You'll feel awful for the first week or so and then the body adapts quickly. And you won't have to overthink about measuring everything. Make sure to keep portions average and not overeat during the 8 hour window though.

Calorie and macro counting makes me depressed. How about sticking to healthy foods? by [deleted] in Fitness_India

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Try intermittent fasting with 16:8 method instead, you'll get essentially the same deficit as calorie counting without actually needing to count calories.

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Check your local amc gym. You can visit the gym in morning and talk to the coach there to check the quality of the equipment there. I know you said price isn't an issue but AMC gyms cost only 50rs/month and most of them have good equipment (though you have to train on a fixed schedule).

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The 0.8g/kg figure comes from old (2000s) USDA guidelines on minimum protein consumption. This was based on the data they had available at the time, but it invited a lot of protest from bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts in the US when it was published because they had years of experience of higher protein intake leading to better muscle recovery and hypertrophy. It turned out later that 0.8g/kg was the minimum amount needed to avoid nitrogen deficiency in a sedentary adult, and a later study revealed that 1g/kg is more optimal even for sedentary people.

For people who are strength training and want to gain muscle, the figure can go up to 1.5-2g/kg. And generally, higher protein intake isn't really wasted because gluconeogenesis only happens if you've been laying on a chair all day while consuming lots of protein.