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[alice wellintown]

In less literal terms, of course, the mystery and magic of Flight that
Morrison portrays, a flight from the Bottom, which in Sula is at the
top of the hill because, ironically the whites found this up on the
hill land worthless, is both a flight to and a flight from. Like other
tragic figures of Romance, Ahab or Dorothy or Slothrop, running from
and running away from or chasing and being chased by, is paradox. Can
you a abide a paradox? How long can you think in terms of paradox?
Where, oh, where, oh where, is Love. I am that I am. That is no
country for Old Men, but


 When old age shall this generation waste,
    Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
  Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
    Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'




On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> alice wellintown wrote:
>> Yes, of course, and,  the pot or acid flight (and Flight in Song of
>> Solomon is both The Flying African folk tale that can Pilot/Pilate
>> Home and the Greek Myth Icarus that can jump off No Mercy Hospital or
>> fly into the Sun/Son of the Christian God), while it can open the mind
>> to time out of media mind, out of Zappings of the Tube and Thanatoid
>> addictions and Sloth, can also retard the memory and cripple the
>> natural reveries and dreams of flight, and even fog the up the chances
>> of sharing experiences with one or more others.
>>
>
> like the poster on the wall in our high school said, "Drugs - will
> they turn you on, or will they turn on you?"
>
>
> --
> - "Releasing all we can, protecting what we must" - slogan of the
> National Declassification Center
>