COL49 Group Read - Echo and Narcissus

[David Morris]

In the closed loop, ECHO CHAMBER prison, both characters are hooked,
addicted to the poison of information control: filtering/eliminating out
CHAOS to sustain the illusion of ORDER.

But ONE of the characters is aware of her plight.  And she has the power to
STOP her contribution to the loop-system.  Stopping the machine by REMOVING
one’s contribution/role to sustaining the system.

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*It should be noted: * *BOTH* of the [*Echo(she*) & *Narcissus(he)] *are
bound, restrained, locked away from the world **LIFE** that continues
around and despite them. They are in a contract for mutual destruction. So
the Echo Court playground is full of co-dependents.

*It might be noted: * *Echo* is essentially providing Narcissus a
continuous flow of heroin.  She could stop speaking to him, removing the
chain of herself from Narcissus.


On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 3:49 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Echo and Narcissus
>
> Echo is forever, attempting to connect to her object of love. But she is
> cursed, gagged, able only to repeat the last words spoken by her lover.
> And Narcissus cannot see her as she speaks, captured himself with his own
> image.  And hearing only his own words of praise, he is locked in a sensory
> chamber, away from all troubles, LIFE, forever.
>
> At one level, Oedipa is Echo, and Metz is Narcissus.  But it should be
> noted that BOTH of the participants are bound, restrained, locked away from
> the world *LIFE* that continues around and despite them. They are in a
> contract for mutual destruction. So the Echo Court playground is full of
> co-dependents.
>
> But it might be noted that Echo is essentially providing Narcissus a
> continuous flow of heroin.  She could stop speaking to him, removing the
> chain of herself from Narcissus.
>
> Not sure where this is going.
>
> David Morris
>
>
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