“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.” VS Naipaul
Murakami’s preference of projecting himself in the first person rather than in the third is so far a means not to lie to himself, like presenting himself as he delineates a scene. Thinking or being assured ‘I won’t die tomorrow’ is, for me, lying to myself. The bottom-line is how a liar can be an artist, for an artistic means of expression knows nothing about self-enlargement and vaunting and funnily shining over others. But, fortunately, everyone possesses the same artistic greatness that can be communicated through even such means like self-communing.
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