FW: "V" Resonances

[David Morris]

The significance of Vheissu's constantly shifting iridescence as a "blind 
spot" is not literal, but a description of the mind's attempt (but failure) 
to distinguish and define "order" from perceptual chaos.  jody said it well: 
'"blind spot" (as an origin- i.e., before boundaries between the various 
"hues" became established).'

N.O.Brown's concept of a "resurrecting" the body sees the human act of 
definition as the root or tool of repression and thus "death-inspired" 
meaning is its result, characterized by more and more fixed and specific 
definitions and boundaries, removing magic from life as much as possible.  
When he speaks about "living" meaning being iridescent he seeks a return 
("resurrection") to a pre-repressed perceptual state where everything is 
magic.  His prescription for approaching this state is *metaphor,* the act 
of the mind which blurs border, whereby "this" becomes "that" and everything 
is potentially connected to everything else.  This too is related to 
Pynchon's concept of "paranoia."

David Morris

>From: "Vincent A. Maeder" <vmaeder at valderlaw.com>
>
>I love the retinal blind spot, fovea centralis I believe, however there is 
>a dichotomy here. The fovea is actually the area of most acute vision. Such 
>a reference might be symbolic of great insight. So while there may be 
>difficulty distinguishing the spectrum of meaning, there is keen perception 
>of existence. Interestingly, the fovea is the primary generator of our 
>ability to see in the dark, something crucial in the passage from this 
>world to Vheissu. But, on your point of filling in blind spots, the brain 
>is even more complex throwing out noise and not seeing things we see. The 
>eyes constantly moving, searching the air for objects to focus on. Perhaps 
>if one of those objects is colored perhaps red on a green background, such 
>as a strawberry in a plantation, the fovea does not see it, missing the 
>critical insight, the fruit of our endeavors. But, then it has been said 
>the human mind did not dream in color so many years ago. Seems the 
>development of modernity's vibrant and unnatural colors act as an 
>irrational indicator (irrational in that it is meaningless and probably 
>fractal).
>
>From: David Morris
>
>This N.O.Brown quote brought me straight to Hugh's experience at Vheissu, 
>where everything was rainbow iridescence - which he ultimately found 
>distressing.  "Meanings" were inaccessible to him and he sought to dissect 
>the surface even though that would have killed the life.  That segment of 
>_V._ relates directly Brown's words below. [...]

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