BE images

[Michael Bailey]

search results for "pear" in V. very interesting
186, 300 and 413, sort of symmetrical, then there's this like parable
in the middle reference of the partridge in the pear tree

On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> eidetically thinking, one way that potently always lodges in my mind -
> such as it is - after reading, including & especially this author's
> work, is the images that remain, such as
>
> pear trees
>
> maxine watching the kids leave for school on their own
>
> the archer in deep archer -- Sagittarian influence mayhap
>
> the person (or entity) at the bottom of the stairs
>
> the rachel wig giving way to the lara croft wig (segued in my mind
> over to the final scene of friends when they give up the rent
> controlled apartment that belonged to ross & rachel's grandma, like
> ross leaving the key somewhere or something)(you ask me, joey shoulda
> bought the building and developed into a rounded character, instead of
> giving the 6 of them a million an episode or whatever, give them 900k
> instead and have a few more characters on an ongoing basis (Seinfeld
> too)) (model it after a soap opera, a big motif anyway as that was his
> job, eh?) (bring elliott gould in more often, for one thing)(a-and the
> Friends episodes after 9-11 wow, remember those? the weird piano bar
> story arc?) but anyway...
>
> those few -- anybody get any other potent eidetic takeaways? -- are
> compelling enough for me to feel like there's enough material around
> them to be worth unpacking at leisure
>
> tryna think (but nothing happens) of the magical realism in this book,
> voila it is that nose thing, right?  so i suppose that'd be another
> image, or at least a clickable spot
>
> john barth did a lot with computer references for instance in _Coming
> Soon!!!_ and perhaps there is a traceable influence -- i for one think
> barth an influence -- like trading eights or something -- on or with
> TRP although i'm not ready with chapter and verse to prove it
>
> & i suppose i ought to quote William Gibson who said somewhere about
> 9-11 that it changed everything
> (although i keep thinking of mr natural saying "It was ever thus")
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