Infinite heliotropism

Paul Mackin mackin at allware.com
Thu Apr 25 19:29:04 CDT 1996



On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Tod Mahony wrote:

> 
> I haven't been very attentive to this heliotropical
> thread, just enough for the word to jump out at me
> last night from the pages of Infinite Jest (sorry):
> 
>   "The whole Thanksgiving table inclined very
>   subtly toward Avril, very slightly and subtly,
>   like heliotropes."
>  -p. 745
> 
> It's a a good way of describing the Moms.

Absolutely.

Also, for some of the documentaries listed in the filmography, the production
company is B. S. Heliotrope Films, Ltd. (pp . 986-7)

					P.





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