Action, Jackson!

[Paul Mackin]

On Aug 11, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> As Billy Preston (R.I.P.) used to sing, "will it go
> 'round in circles?"  Yes, yes it will ...
>
> http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/maps/2006D.html
>
> What's more ...
>
> http://www.transitchicago.com/news/newspostdescs/120700.gif
>
> And see as well, e.g., ...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Loop


Thanks.

>
> Doug I believe will be proven right, "V"s in V.,
> parabolas in Gravity's Rainbow, lines in Mason &
> Dixon, circles in Against teh Day (the Ferris Wheel,
> the Loop) ... that might be the key to those four
> "millenium" (as in park?) books, ach with a different
> figure ...

Interesting

Might a slight elaboration be allowed

V. contains within it the seeds of future shapes to come

Stencil's journey is parabolic in that he never gets any closer or  
any farther away from what he is FOCUSing on. (definition of a parabola)

The North/South (uptown/downtown) line Benny meaninglessly follows in  
his yoyoing  is destined to metamorphize into the East/West  line  
that is said also to mean ultimately nothing.

Stencil's journey is circular in that he ends up right where he  
started--"I haven't learned a goddamned thing." he sez


>
> --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2006, at 10:06 AM, Ghetta Life wrote:
>>
>> Need some further help from Chicagoans.
>>
>> Though I rode the  Loop part of the L as both a
>> small child and adult my recollection that it
>> goes around in a circle may not be entirely
>> accurate.
>
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