VLVL(6) "conditionally become Frenesi"

nconaty at juno.com nconaty at juno.com
Wed Dec 9 08:02:29 CST 1998


Getting up early to slog through 100+ old posts I notice
On Sat, Doug quotes:
>199.16 "At some point, Prairie understood that the person behind the 
>camera
>most of the time really was her mother, and that if she kept her mind 
>empty
>she could absorb, conditionally become, Frenesi, share her eyes, feel, 
>when
>the frame shook with fatigue or fear or nausea, Frenesi's whole body 
>there,
>as much as her mind choosing the frame, her will to go out there, load 
>the
>roll, get the shot."
>
He then goes on to point out the similarity of our quest to know the
author.
When I read this I was reminded of the Chipco disaster of 1970 and how
Dr. Wawazumi reconstructed the monster from his footprint. Despite
evidence of a bombing, Wawa bent the text to his purposes.

-Neil









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