Jedna od najznačajnijih zbirki pesnika Dejana Aleksića u prevodu na katalonski jezik
Only the Wind is Dejan Aleksić's seventh book of poems, and at the same time his most accomplished, which was subsequently awarded the Meša Selimović Prize. This book was considered the best of his entire poetic output of 2011 for demonstrating a singular sensitivity. Indeed, in this book Aleksić introduces significant innovations compared to his previous creative activity, especially in terms of the form and motifs of his thematic composition, which range from verism and a grounding in reality to hypersymbolic levels, thus elevating the poems to a higher associative level.
In a previous poem of mine, I said that "Meaning is near." And so it is. Great truths and profound meanings are always within reach of our cognitive power. But then the question arises as to why we find them so difficult to reach. Discovering reality in appearances is the great task of art. Unfortunately, we usually discover the opposite: appearances in reality. Our emotional system, our reasoning potential, our imagination, together adhere to the laws we established based on perception. But, as we all know or should know, perception is limited. The mission of art, and therefore of poetry, is to decode this raw material and indicate (without the need for interpretation) the meaning that goes beyond our ability to logically understand the world and our own place in it.
(From the interview given by the author on the occasion
of winning the award for Only the Wind.
The world exists so that swings rust in the rain.)