IVIV Preserved/Golden Fang

[Ian Livingston]

> It's probably worth going back to re-read the ship stuff in the rest of P's books, esp. M&D and GR, and see how IV's ship fits in.

Don't forget AtD. I think Kit's experiences on the water might account
for something, too. And how about Reef in the tunnels and all those
water demons, and the hydrophiles, and such? But, I harp an old chord,
in M&D  P uses the inherent vice law in reference to transporting
Franklin's armonium. How about its hypnotically harmonious sounds? The
boats carry the cargo. "Every sailor asks the questions about the
cargo he is carrying," says Lanois. The conscious mind informs.

What about soul? Does that enter into the question? It certainly does
in Jung. It is one of the significant points over which Jung, the
mystic, diverged with Freud, the atheist. Jung posits much more in the
idea of libido than does Freud.

Whatever. I'm likely barking up a naked tree when I emphasize the
psychoanalytic in this.... The historic aspect of the imagery is
likewise imperative.


On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:50 AM,  <dougmillison at comcast.net> wrote:
> If the ocean represents the Unconscious, seems appropriate that a ship on its surface could be freighted with Mark's aptly described cargo from the past. Extending the metaphor a reader might see humans managing to skate across the face of ocean deep and dark even as we are doomed to sink eventually because of the weight of the past pressing relentlessly against structural flaws.
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> It's probably worth going back to re-read the ship stuff in the rest of P's books, esp. M&D and GR, and see how IV's ship fits in.
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> Mark the K:
> I think it is a nice internal metaphor for the cargo from the past, from the "unconscious", from values before most (modern) nation-state wars...
>



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