GRGR(5) Katje: take two

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

Paul Mackin wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Mark Wright AIA wrote:
>
> >
> > Howdy...
> >
> > --- Paul Mackin <pmackin at clark.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Michael Perez wrote:
> > > > So, is Katje a non-professional or professional?  I vote for
> > > > non-professional.  I wouldn't say she's an unwilling or even
> > > reluctant
> > >
> > > If the opposite of professional is amateur then we need to ask if K
> > > loved
> > > her work. At this point of the book it doesn't seem like it.
> > >
> > >                     P.
> >
> >
> > Professionals as often love their work as hate it....
>
> So K would have to be of the half who doesn't love their work. Of course
> she could love her work very much. She doesn't really say an awful lot.
> What if she loves to spy. What could be better positioning for her
> than being a double agent where she can do it for both sides. Perhaps WE
> are not the only voyeurs in the picture.
>
>                                 P.

Where are the mirrors, The clocks, The masks and disguises, the tourists,
the skin of V.?  OK there's a little, but not the same, right? Push
Enfetishment and Voyeurism from V. to a Narcissistic (TCOL49) extreme and
what do you get? Solipsism? GR is said to involve film in some way, and I
really think rj hit this particular episode on the nail--though one more
loop to be added. Adrew D. liked this angle, to involve film in some way.
What kind of film? Life affirming?  Not in the world of Dominus Blicero
right? Don't be fooled by Pynchon's irony here. K is shifty little thing
that looks in.

Terrance