rubrics (I like that word), wrecking crews and hugfests

[David Morris]

I have no knowledge of Pynchon's beliefs, or unbelief's.  As has been
repeatedly stated here by numerous readers, one tends to see Pynchon's
texts almost as mirrors of one's own perspective because he includes
so many possibilities.  So I laugh a bit when someone here thinks
Pynchon is an adept or disciple at any particular (or even general)
system.  But then that mirrors my perspective as an agnostic.

But belief does "work like that."  Believing is seeing, participating
and witnessing.  I've done my share, and still do from time to time.
Personally I like the wisdom/divination of the I Ching.  But I think
that's because, like so many systems it is very open-ended, and one
gets what one brings into it,  though I do allow for some possibility
of extra-whatever interaction.

Peace,
David Morris

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Believer? Doesn't really work like that. Participant? Sure, been there, done that, doing something else right now. I'm enough of a participant-witness to be able use Occam's Razor and figure that if it quacks like a duck . . .