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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