GR p.4 "with blue shadows to seal its passage"

[Rich Clavey]

Shadows often have blue tinges, especially in northern latitudes and especially in photographs.
Rich


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From: Steve Maas <tyronemullet at hotmail.com>
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It seems to me that in "to seal its passage," "its" refers to the carriage. I would read "developing " to refer to the smells, including the distinctive smell of rust. "Blue shadows" - hmmm, maybe simply poetic license?
 
Steve Maas
 
 


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From: jonfpost at gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 20:53:38 -0500
Subject: GR p.4 "with blue shadows to seal its passage"
To: pynchon-l at waste.org


I'm attempting a very close rereading of GR and have already come upon a puzzling knot that has stumped me: in the long sentence at the top of p. 4, I'm not sure how to interpret "...maturing rust, developing through those emptying days brilliant and deep, especially at dawn, with blue shadows to seal its passage, to try to bring events to Absolute Zero ..." 

--What is "developing"? the various smells or the rust?
--What does the "its" in "it's passage" refer to? the dawn? the development of the rust? 
--And so, what are the "blue shadows"?

-J
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