Gravity's Rainbow in depth on Studio 360

[Bled Welder]

I didnt want to be the person to point this out because moderacy is not much a part of me, to date anyway, but paranoia in moderation is a very positive and valuable thing.

Unless it is deFined by its excesses, ie delusions.  But I put it to you, Who or What is the Force that so defines it, if not those who may be revealed, unfolded by the positive paranoia...?

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From: Keith Davis
Sent: 10 Mar 2012 15:19:37 GMT
To: David Morris
Cc: Joseph Tracy,P-list
Subject: Re: Gravity's Rainbow in depth on Studio 360

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:22 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Read the whole post.
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> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0006&msg=46451&keywords=Dali%20Morris
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This is sort of where it started? Good post. Agreed P's writing's seem
primarily related to our search for meaning and a sense of our place in
relation to the Cosmos. Not sure if I'd call that "religious", but I
understood what you meant by it. I think that's the main attraction, aside
from the beauty of the writing itself.
If paranoia or pornography are seen as possible windows through which to
get a glimpse of or to find the beginning of a path towards a sense of
meaning, then that might be seen as positive. To include them both in the
same category doesn't seem quite right, though. Paranoia seems by
definition to be a negative. Pornography, as something that stimulates
sexual desire, relies on a personal context to define it as positive or
negative.
The issue again is definition, and how definitions shift according to
social conventions.

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