Grasping for V. Group Read; apochier
Mark Kohut
markekohut at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 10 21:28:30 CDT 2010
My way of hosting, just fyi: I will risk some reading(s)....Call me out; call me irresponsible; engage, argue with me; call me occasionally right.?
The first V shape is actually the title of Chapter 1. With the V-shape ending where the apochier is: point furthest away from the yo-yo hand.
Here is Prof Krafft (of the plist) defining apocheir:
by JM Krafft - 2007 - Related articles
"Apocheir" derives from Greek and means "the point farthest from the hand"; it refers to the motif of the yo-yo associated with Profane. ...
muse.jhu.edu/journals/texas_studies_in...and.../49.1herman.html- Similar
"If you look from the side of at a planet swinging around in its orbit, split the sun with a mirror and imagine a string, it all looks like a yo-yo. The point furthest from the sun is called aphelion. The point furthest away from the yo-yo hand is called, by analogy, apocheir."
Two reflections: 1) Another of P's novels that begins with an allusion against the sky, maybe? If you do not think this ob works, wait until I do the first line!
2) In one of his letters--to Hollander, I believe---P said something like: Hey, my meaning is all there on the page. ( We know this is true and not true at once
overall but taking this on its face, I want to ask how much V. as end of yo-yo hand resonates as meaning?.....the analogy comes up again in V..... V juts at straight angles from an apocheir.......sharp angles, we come to know from GR and ATD, at least, aren't positive in TRP's vision. Operative here?
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