The Literature of Waste

[Ian Livingston]

It's so very Patti. She has a way with words. Isn't alchemy a metaphor of
the aspiration to transform waste? Jung's studies in alchemy arrive at the
conclusion that alchemy is, in the West as in the East, an occupation of
transforming the dullness of the human to that which shines.

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 10:17 PM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Ian!
>
> Doesn't sound this – Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of
> man to reform and transform waste – like a quote, a foreign body within the
> lyrics of the song?
>
> Is man unable to transform waste? (
> https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/69.521/)
>
>
>
> Am Sa., 2. Feb. 2019 um 23:03 Uhr schrieb Ian Livingston <
> igrlivingston at gmail.com>:
>
>> One of my favorite comments on the subject.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqpaWUFHdo
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 10:00 AM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I've always associated the use of the acronym W.A.S.T.E. in COL49 as
>> > perhaps a double reference to getting "wasted" and to wasted human
>> lives,
>> > i.e. to those that are marginalized from the presented mainstream. I
>> never
>> > read it as connected to the waste of consumerist society on an
>> > environmental level - though the opening Tupperware party is a warning
>> > sign. Just curious how/if the novel poses and illuminates environmental
>> > issues (though I see that discard studies covers more than the strictly
>> > environmental).
>> >
>> > Laura
>> >
>> > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 11:43 AM Nicole Bennett <nlbennett at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I have this book and, as an English lit. academic interested in
>> discard
>> > > studies, use it often in my research. Unfortunately, the author
>> overlooks
>> > > the centrality of waste in books like *The Crying of Lot 49* and
>> > *Gravity's
>> > > Rainbow* (she works mostly on medieval literature). There is some
>> > > interesting stuff on more recent authors (Beckett, Calvino, Eliot
>> > > [obviously]), but I also found the style of the book to be a bit
>> > haphazard
>> > > for my tastes. It's more of an observation of the different ways the
>> > > concept of waste functions across a vast range of literature.
>> Definitely
>> > a
>> > > great reference, though, for those who can afford it. Academic books
>> are
>> > so
>> > > stubbornly and frustratingly pricey.
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 8:41 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> > > > From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>> > > > Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:34 AM
>> > > > Subject:
>> > > > To: Me at G <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=9781137394446
>> > > > --
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>> > > >
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