Re: Der Uni(versal)
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:49:17 +1000
> Will,
>
> The mallards on my pond remain happily feeding from
> my own fair hands from one year's end to the next.
> There's no mystery. They don't go anywhere.
Yes, but that's not the point. The point is, people *wonder* where they go.
I've often told my writing students about the concept of `universal
ununiversality' (OK I had a better name for it back then) - that is, if you
pick out the tiniest details, say `Brad watched as an empty packed of
peanut M&M's slowly drifted through the wind' - people will feel a part of
the action - not because of the detail (which they may not be familiar
with) but the act of noticing itself. This is why I can appreciate Holden
noticing when the band plays a good song, because I do the same myself, it
doesn't matter that the song isn't the same.
Camille
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