Heresy

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Fri Sep 11 23:47:58 CDT 2009


On Sep 11, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Page wrote:

> Some can be articulated, others are beyond words.
>
> I have long wished I had audio tapes of acid raps.

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7919629

> It is certain that many conversations that seemed profound at the  
> time were anything but. Funny beyond words.

Yup. Say Rich Chocolaty Goodness.

> More to the point, some experiences that cannot be put into words  
> are no less insightful or profound. It is impossible to translate  
> one's experience of looking at a Rothko into English. For one thing,  
> the Rothko has no verbs.



> It would be difficult to provide an example of insights that can be  
> put into words. It would require too much scene setting, and some  
> lengthy and boring autobiography.

Like Proust?




More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list