V. strand wolf in the fog

[David Morris]

Has anyone ever seen Iris and Bled in the same room at the same Time?

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, Iris Sirius wrote:

> id be more than happy to provide context.  but, i dont know when you got
> on here, me a psilocybin freakout kickstarted me a year ago. But im not
> about one to "go into the archives".  never have never will.  but ill
> giveyoumy thoughts all you want. on archives, ask m.bailey. hes into it. i
> dont think he's a bot.
> if you care to research the bots on this list, ask Bailey.
> On Feb 26, 2013 8:38 PM, "Lewis Zhang" <lewiszhang at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'lewiszhang at gmail.com');>>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm going to need a bit of context before I can even begin to comprehend
>> what you're trying to communicate here.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'bledwelder at gmail.com');>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Lewis Zhang <lewiszhang at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'lewiszhang at gmail.com');>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> V., pp. 297
>>>>
>>>> enemies that would be with him to the grave: a sun with no shape, a
>>>>> beach alien as the moon's antarctic, restless concubines in barbed wire,
>>>>> salt mists, alkaline earth, the Benguela Current that would never cease
>>>>> bringing sand to raise the harbor floor, the inertia of rock, the frailty
>>>>> of flesh, the structural unreliability of thorns; the unheard whimper of a
>>>>> dying woman; the frightening but necessary cry of the strand wolf in the
>>>>> fog.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody help me deconstruct this amazing piece of imagery?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lewis, there is no deconstructing that piece of imagery.  I mean you can
>>> deconstrust it all you want, toss in nifty meanings and quote "scholars"
>>> with opinions too on the matter.
>>>
>>> What you just quoted?  It means *nothing*.  It's just a kid jerking
>>> off.  That's *all* it is.
>>>
>>> I asked you to beware Pynchon studies, and you came up with this.  I'll
>>> ask you again: save yourself.  That piece of trash you just quoted *means
>>> nothing*.  I mean literally.  It doesn't mean anything.  Get over
>>> yourself as a literary agent.  That shit means nothing--but sounds great.
>>> That's it.  I just gave you Pynchon in a nutshell.
>>>
>>> Beware, again, my son, of adhering to anyone who finds "truths" in
>>> Pynchon.  They aren't there.  If you think you will find guidance by
>>> listening to Kohuticus or Well In Town....your fucked.  Don't go there.
>>>
>>> Imagine being a genius, but with nothing really to say.  Now think
>>> Pynchon.  Realize it, man.
>>>
>>> Has Kohutikus really, in our worst nightmare, just spent three days
>>> discussing the meterorites in Against on page 986, one little paragraph, at
>>> the bottom?
>>>
>>> Then Well In Town comes in with vast sources of people who anyone with a
>>> brain realizes is a Gypsie rippoff..  Because so is Well In Town.  Ask
>>> yourself: does Well In Town *have*  a personality? Does Kohutikus?
>>>
>>> Not really.  They're fucking robots, man.  Believe it.
>>>
>>> Watch carefully the way they respond and write posts.   They're bots.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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