Re: becoming oneself

Malcolm Lawrence (malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:15:59 -0800

Scottie Bowman wrote:

>         In Ernest's case, we have a fair idea of who his models were.
>         As a newcomer, I apologise for raising again what must be a
>         very tired, ancient hare on this list.  But - ignoring, if one can,
>         whatever influences there may have been as regards attitude
>         & content - who were the people whose rythms, style, word-choice
>         & so on broke Salinger's heart, the way he breaks Graham's ?

And who would have thought that that pimply faced freshman who had literally
become a walking talking Woody Guthrie jukebox would become Bob Dylan. The
luckiest satisfaction you'll ever strive for is to simply be a link in a really
long chain.