VV (19) Disposal of Profane

[Scott Badger]

David Gentle:
> I thought about this a little bit more and I think I have a
> better way of saying what I mean. I
> would argue that the darkness is the edge of the canvas of the
> novel. If you've ever seen an oil
> painting without it's frame you'll note the way that (unless it's
> been cut off) there is an edge
> where the painter hasn't bothered to finish, where the world of
> the artwork just runs out. That's
> what I'm saying the darkness is. The end of the world.

I'd agree so far as what lies behind Profane is the book, the text -
history.  An ordering. But the darkness...not the *end* of the world, but
*the* world.  The chaotic world he rushes blindly into, hand in hand with a
plastic, Americanized, version of V.  Jibes well, I think, with the Kupsch
article that Doug excerpted a while back.

Scott Badger