GR translation: all she was trying to do was reach

[kelber at mindspring.com]

reach (figuratively) towards a possible answer.

LK


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 8, 2011 4:55 PM
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>Subject: GR translation: all she was trying to do was reach
>
>P162.13-16  “Not produce,” she tried, “not cause. It all goes along
>together. Parallel, not series. Metaphor. Signs and symptoms. Mapping
>on to different coordinate systems, I don’t know . . .” She didn’t
>know, all she was trying to do was reach.
>
>What is the meaning of "reach" here?