MDDM World-as-text

[Otto]

"the waters of this world" are reaching the cities of Dresden and Prague
today, having killed hundreds of Europeans in the past weeks. The "text"
that has to be signed to save the "world" is the Kyoto-agreement. It's the
USA that is mostly responsible for the unbelievable CO2-output responsible
for the catastrophe.

If you can afford surfing the Australian waves you're lucky, you're one of
the elect, but what about the preterite "Aborigines, who number about
400,000 among 19 million Australians, are among the poorest sections of
society and claim discrimination is widespread against them."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/2179990.stm
(Bandwraith posted this yesterday)

If you want to talk about the world instead of texts talk about the
important things, the romantic world view you're offering is dated.

You seem to criticise Robert but in fact you are criticising Pynchon. It's
Pynchon's world that is a text-world only, and being such a "reclusive"
author who only lets his texts speak he has drawn the consequences of the
postmodern condition.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
To: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: MDDM World-as-text
>
> jbor wrote:
> >
> > on 14/8/02 3:00 AM, Terrance at lycidas2 at earthlink.net wrote:
> >
> > > The world is pre-textual and post-textual
> >
> > Whose world? Which world?
> >
> > best
>
> Why the world of Dick Higgins of course.
>
> Ever surfed in Australia?
>
> Lots of good surfing there.
>
> When you are in the waters of this world, when the wind of this world
> blows on your neck and shoulders, when the waves take you for a ride,
> when you position yourself for another ride, and when you smile as you
> make eye contact with another surfer, and  when you are tired at the end
> of the day, when the only Sun of this world sets and the only moon of
> this planet rises, you won't be thinking such thoughts;  Which world?
> What world? Which one of me is here and which one should act now?
>
> No, you will know that there is only one world and you are blessed to
> live in it and not in some schizophrenic and indeterminate postmodern
> text.
>

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