GR translation: even this far out of it

[Mike Jing]

Also, what is "the single blues"?

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:50 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree, but what is Earthiness?  Fecundity and Mortality,
> flesh,blood,death, as opposed to transcendence, immortality. But even out
> there it is possible to flow with the earth and water, become a medium
> channeling spirits of the long dead.
>
> David Morris
>
>
> On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think it is Earthliness he may be " so far out from". Notice all the
>> "rushing water" being whacked out of that harmonica.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 7:56 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think the question to be asked is this: Where or what is the "it" to be
>> so far out from?  I think Mortality is that place or thing.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> V622.14-26   Through the flowing water, the holes of the old Hohner
>>> Slothrop found are warped one by one, squares being bent like notes, a
>>> visual blues being played by the clear stream. There are harpmen and
>>> dulcimer players in all the rivers, wherever water moves. Like that Rilke
>>> prophesied,
>>>
>>>               And though Earthliness forget you,
>>>               To the stilled Earth say: I flow.
>>>               To the rushing water speak: I am.
>>>
>>>        It is still possible, even this far out of it, to find and make
>>> audible the spirits of lost harpmen. Whacking the water out of his
>>> harmonica, reeds singing against his leg, picking up the single blues at
>>> bar 1 of this morning’s segment, Slothrop, just suckin’ on his harp, is
>>> closer to being a spiritual medium than he’s been yet, and he doesn’t even
>>> know it.
>>>
>>> What exactly does "even this far out of it" mean here?
>>>
>>
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