BTZ42 p.87 Moving past the tongue stop. " Of course you don't move past"

[Smoke Teff]

I always hear the opening to *Lolita *here, though not saying the
similarities are overt enough to be intentional.

GR, p. 87:

Odd, odd, odd--think of the word: such white finality in its closing clap
of tongue. It implies moving past the tongue-stop--beyond the zero--into
the other realm.

Lolita:

Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the
palate to tap, at three, on the teeth.

Not conclusive, but the emphasis on the girls in this chapter feels
additionally resonant. And what is *Lolita *about if not trying to run time
backwards?


On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 4:45 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> At another extended family funeral and beyond the zero gathering I
> listen to a guy
> talk about the intro philosophy course he teaches, which is really,
> from his description,
> a course in beginning to Know Thyself in the Socratic way using some
> philosophy concepts and terms and in which he emphasizes how he tries
> to make them " get" that
> "when they understand their [ social] programming then they can
> overcome their programming
> with their choices".
>
> GR still contains everything.
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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