Reductionism (1&2)

[Lycidas at worldnet.att.net]

jporter wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Juan, for posting that great Ginsberg poem (one of my favorites). I
> confess, it was open on my lap when I mentioned it. The story about my trip
> to the supermarket and hearing about Greenspan (puppet of "Super" markets)
> on the radio was valid. Those experiences fused and rekindled my
> remembrance of Ginsberg's poem. What I had forgotten about until I got back
> home and looked it up was the reference to Garcia Lorca in the poem.
> Naturally, I was reminded of P.'s intro to Farina's _Been Down so Long_ and
> his description of their joint epiphany upon seeing a white horse on a
> green hillside, and their mutual knowledge of Lorca's "horse on the
> mountain." I wish I knew more about Garcia Lorca's work, including the work
> that P. references.
> 
> Thanks, jody
> 

I can understand why Pynchon would be attracted to Lorca--an
artistic attraction, his child-like imagination that gave
life and color to all things. That's odd, I thought that you
were deliberately calling our attention to Lorca. Oh well, I
guess my memory is only as bad as my sight. 

Their drink is water of Lethe   Aeneid VI