GR translation: the convolutions of language
Paul Mackin
mackin.paul at verizon.net
Mon Oct 24 12:36:48 CDT 2011
On 10/24/2011 9:20 AM, David Morris wrote:
> The image of finding on the street outside a grand theatre a scrap
> piece of program notes for a performance inside, but we're not inside,
> thus the language convolutions of the performance are denied us.
I think "convolutions of language" may well have reference to those
actual folds (convolutions) of the cerebral cortex that process language.
Not a great meaning shifter but another example of Pynchon's habit of
wiring technology (biological science) to human consciousness and
unconsciousness.
The succeeding paragraph continues on in this same neurological
vein--with Salvation itself (or lack thereof) being at issue.
P
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Mike Jing
<gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> P150.24 The convolutions of language denied us! the great stage, even
>> darker ...
>>
>> Does it mean that the convolutions of language denied us entry into
>> the theatre? That somehow seems wrong to me. Or did something deny
>> us the convolutions of language and the secrets they may reveal?
>>
>> P.S. Got myself a new Gmail address. Just couldn't stand Hotmail anymore.
>>
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