grgr (28): cosmic windmill mandala (--- "graphicity" in pynchon's prose)

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 this cosmic windmill mandala (- & once more there is jungian "quadricity")on  
 page 624 made me think of the function of "graphicity" [?] in pynchon's work. 

 in v we have all the vs in the chapter headlines, the kilroy (436) and the 
 hands (471f.).

 in col49 there is on page 34 the posthorn (- "a loop, triangle and trapezoid") 
 that reappears on page 58.

 in gr we find the "celluloid margins" in between the chapters, the emblem of 
 the schwarzkommando on page 361, the houseboat formula on page 450 and, 
 eventually, the mandala sign, which initiated this whole thought of mine.     

 in vineland and m&d there are no graphical signs. why?

 and: what is the function of "graphicity" in trp's early novels? is is there 
 just to relax our paranoid eyes? (this can never be wrong ...) does it suggest 
 that language is "only" a medium? did pynchon want to connect himself with the 
 popular visual arts? (is there a secret collage book version of gr? i'd kill to 
 get it ...)or is it just a 60s thing one cannot understand anymore today? 

 sagt ein bild mehr als tausend worte?! kai frederik lorentzen