IVIV amethyst is resilient. There is too much kindness in the room all of a sudden.

[Michael Bailey]

Joseph Tracy wrote:
> Why should the "idea" of this family have come first? Maybe the texture, the
> experience the kindness of a real family came first. Maybe this is based on
> someone real from Pynchon's life. Not the specific narrative arrangement but
> a family that was fucked up on heroin and found a new start. I think this
> story is  a real part of the world and sometimes people who have hit some
> kind of bottom will hang onto and appreciate love.

well said.