grgr (34): "the tower" (747)

Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Thu Aug 24 17:08:57 CDT 2000


On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Can't Wait wrote:

> Regarding 'And a soul in every stone', I have meditated all morning
> on its meaning and discovered that Pynchon did not mean One thing by
> it, but many things at once, and nothing specific.  'What's something
> real cool sounding that can be interpreted in many different ways? 
> Oh here, this will work....'

But any grouping of words can and will be interpreted in many different
ways--never read the same way twice. The phrase may recur eternally
(eternal recurrence) and will be new at each iteration. 

	So spake P.

			P.




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