Conjugate point - is a math thing?

[David Morris]

"A safe conjugate"
I think mathematical conjugated are of infinite number.  Amidst that spill
is the search for a safe point.

David Morris

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 3:43 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> This sentence was intended to flip perspectives.  Normally “spill” (as in
> messy) would be associated with Anarchy.  But P proposes that anarchists
> are seeking a point in contrast to the spill.  A sweet spot.  And he starts
> out by saying this defies common sense.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:46 PM Raphael Saltwood <
> PlainMrBotanyB at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> certain hidden geometries of
>> >>>> History,
>> >>>> which must include, somewhere, at least at a single point, a safe
>> >>>> conjugate
>> >>>> to all the spill of accursed meridians, passing daily, desolate, one
>> >>>> upon
>> >>>> the next.
>>
>>
>> Pynchon put “point” and “conjugate” in same
>
> [.…]
>
>
>> Simplistic breakdown: we are considering a spot where anarchists can hang
>> out and live without capitalism, hierarchy, coercion and all that buzzkill
>> alpha male excrescence...
>>
>> Such a spot would be the opposite of all the landmark lines
>> circumscribing our capitalistic daily experience (the spill would be the
>> messy way that “getting and spending we lay waste our powers”)
>>
>> (“spill” could also be an inter textual reference to all the blood
>> spilled in _Blood Meridian_ speaking of meridians, although I can’t prove
>> author intent from the text)
>> --
>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>>
>