RE: VL-IV (15): Ché For Children, pages 325/327

[Guy Ian Scott Pursey]

Interesting discussion.
 
Paul, could you elaborate a little on what you mean as to why serious artists dealing with "what already has happened or could
easily be made to happen" would be reactionary?
 
(Apologies if this isn´t plain text - I´m in Spain and can´t work this interface out)
 
Guy

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De: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org en nombre de Paul Mackin
Enviado el: mié 08/04/2009 15:02
Para: pynchon-l at waste.org
Asunto: Re: VL-IV (15): Ché For Children, pages 325/327




----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
To: "Ray Easton" <kraimie at kraimie.net>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: VL-IV (15): Ché For Children, pages 325/327


> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Ray Easton <kraimie at kraimie.net> wrote:
>
>> What in Vineland, or elsewhere in Pynchon's works for that matter,
>> suggests
>> that there is any form of rebellion that is NOT a dead end?
>
> This may be THE question to ask here.  I susepct that the answer is
> either troubling, or complicated, or both ...

I think it has to do with the function of art.

Serious artists can't very well deal with what already has happened or could
easily be made to happen.

That would be kind of reactionary.

That  "a way out" has not yet been discovered is no reason to stop exploring
possibilities.