Re: Racial diversity here and possible (probable
Andrew Charles Kennis (holden@escape.com)
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:53:49 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Malcolm Lawrence wrote:
>
> And that's pretty much the bottom line of this thread. Paying inordinate
> attention to things like race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation,
> religion, heritage and geography diverts one's attention away from the real
> metaphors at play in the work and just leaves you measuring yourself up to a
> visual idea rather than a visceral one. It's like that line of Seymour's from
> "Franny & Zooey" that I've always loved: "...all legitimate religious study
> must lead to unlearning the differences, the illusory differences, between
> boys and girls, animals and stones, day and night, heat and cold."
>
Indeed, paying inordinate amount of attention to sociological analysis can
detract from the focus of the wonder of literary techniques such as
metaphors. I never meant to suggest anything different. However, that
still doesn't mean that they don't matter or aren't worth writing,
talking, or thinking about. I sport, perhaps the overambitious opinion
that one could have enough mental energy and interest to do both. :shrugs:
......regarding your quote though, good catch. That's something I gotta do
more and others on the list could do, quote the man we're all on this list
for.
--AK