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Ian Livingston igrlivingston at gmail.com
Tue Jan 11 15:41:00 CST 2011


Yes.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> Key word = enigma ...
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ah. Yes, I see there is considerable resonance in the metaphor on
>> those terms. Good one. Might apply to any of those moments in P. where
>> he leaves the character and the reader poised on the brink of some
>> epiphany that never becomes explicit. It is also, as I recollect when
>> I look back that far, resonant of a certain subjective response when a
>> person is particularly high, as in the case of tripping, e.g., where
>> one has the sensation of something really cool on the edge of
>> awareness, just out of reach. Truth? Beauty? Or just epiphanic
>> insight? Hm.
>



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