MDDM Ch. 70 Higher Assembly

[Dave Monroe]

Okay, trying to knock off most of what I might have
left to say, though I suspect I'm going to have to do
an emergency replacement research run (missing a sheaf
of documents here inc. the One Damn Thing I Need to
Continue ...) during the day, so ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> on 18/8/02 1:11 PM, Dave Monroe at
> davidmmonroe at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > simply, "from a certain Height."  This I vaguely
> > recall as an unnerving but not uncommon narrative
> > sleight-of-hand (or, at least, eye) in those
> > Pynchonian texts
> 
> Yes, like the description in _V._: "If you look
> from the side at a planet swinging around in its
> orbit, split the sun and imagine a string, it all
> looks like a yoyo." (V. 35)
> 
> The frequent mention of surrounding mountains by
> the narrator in this section [...] suggest to me
> that both the vantage point and the metaphors used
> might be more palpable within the narrative than
> you have allowed.

The yo-yo is a perfect example here, introduced
appropo of seemingly nothing in particular, or, at any
rate, immediately at hand--i.e., apparently "outside"
the purview of any figure 'inside" the text--and yet
serving to introduce/elaborate/exacerbate/whatever a
seemingly key trope in the text.  Which, while not
cited above, was kinda sorta my point about such--say,
this Visto(synechdochally inc. the cadre who carved it
out of the landscape)/vermin/worm thing--seemingly
capital-s&m Significant Moments here ...

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