MDMD(1):Euphroe

[jporter]

>I know this is similar to Jody's comment, but

But you probably said it better!

>I also see Hepsie as an
>interface (how can I go wrong.) between her art and her job. Her art
>demands free expression, non-compensated and non-restricted, while
>profitable trade requires that she get more than she gives.  Hepsie
>deals out her truths to greatest possible gain, yet always receives less
>than they are worth.  Hence, she is an imposter to both.  Like the
>awning between light and dark, or storm and shelter, Hepsie holds a
>false, or logically impossible, position between opposed states or
>points.

Hepsie subsumes logic. Her truth is greater than that which can be reached
logically. she is a young and full of cheer, but remains so only as an
archetype. Yet as an archetype she is also ancient and accessible to all.
All notions suggested by Pynchon's choice of the word euphroe.

and may You stay...forever young,

jody