On-line interview with ?

[Jules Siegel]

Andrew Dinn wrote:
> 
> MantaRay at aol.com writes:
> 
> > hey, I read the entire thing stoned, why shouldn't TPynchon get to
> > write it all that way? No wonder it made total sense!!
> 
> That's no joke. One of my major motives for conducting the GRGR at
> such a slow pace was a stoned read of GR. Instead of rushing through
> the book at my usual frantic pace I was slowed down enough that I
> began to see the beauty of the language, the craft in the construction
> and the many levels of interconnectedness - words, ideas, themes,
> events etc. Doubtless one can arrive at such by other means but I
> think I'll take the high road . . .

Heartily agree here. I remember the first time I heard Bob Dylan while
stoned in 1964. Everything became clarified. We are all mostly in highly
accelerated states of consciousness because of the forced-march pace of
our survival struggle. The artist creates his world one stroke at a
time. I thought Chrissie's comments about Tom's frame by frame technique
important. He's like Spenser, very mediaeval in his approach--panel
after panel of illuminated tableaux. We don't know how The Faerie Queen
read to contemporaries in its time. Could be lots of finger-poppin'
there that we can't appreciate. Same with Tom.

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