Re: The even less I know...

Sean Richards (keyhole2000@hotmail.com)
Sat, 06 Jun 1998 23:37:21 -0700 (PDT) 

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>Salinger was the first writer that made me feel comfortable as a 
reader. When
>I turned the page it was not to finish a book, but to understand a 
person. I
>always believed that Salinger's genius (if you want to call it that...I 
do)
>stems not from who or what he wrote or how he wrote, even. It is from 
all of
>the above. Even those without the exceptional backgrounds of the 
characters he
>uses in his stories can appreciate their honesty. I think that eastern 
thought
>is definitely expressed in his work because of it's raw veracity in the
>simpliest (but, yet, very complex) terms. AFter I read Franny and Zooey 
I
>decided to pass out and wake up her. I always felt her ways. I always 
felt
>Holden's ways. We all have. We all have been wanting/needing to get 
past the
>bullshit and the "phonies" because God knows Salinger's fictional 
characters
>hated those "phonies". We never want to wake up one morning in some 
blankets
>and find that our terrible insecurties are in bed right beside of us. 
We never
>want to say we are like Them, even if we do not know who They may be. 
Maybe
>this is just me...I hope not. I would like to think that almost 
everyone (if
>not everyone) breathes not for the sake of breathing but because they 
feel
>obscenely beautiful just to be alive. 
>
>Let's talk about Punk rock, let's talk about poetry, let's talk about 
eastern
>thought and tattoos, and being born, and smoking cigars. Not to sound 
too
>absolutely giddy and romantic and silly, but I do not care enough to 
mail
>unless I want to say something. I think we all do. So let's talk and 
talk and
>if Salinger comes up then wonderful...if he doesn't for awhile then he
>doesn't. That is maybe what e-mail subjects were designed for, to 
announce
>beforehand. 
>
>I just want to share...don't you?
>
>I hope someone out there agrees with me. I know you all got something 
from
>Salinger...he gives something honest and free out to all his 
readers...but do
>not be uptight about it. We aren't here for any damn (in my opinon) 
RULES or
>GUIDELINES but if things flow well then we can do whatever and maybe we 
can
>enjoy this ride? I don't mean to sound cliched. I appologize to all 
that have
>had to read my incessant ramblings and poetry. I just do not have much 
of a
>voice and I cannot imagine that the people on this list do not...so I 
wanted
>to say something aloud to people I hoped would understand.
>
>Maybe I am wrong...maybe it doesn't matter enough.
>
>I just want to do something beautiful...like Franny says the poets do 
or are
>supposed to do. I just want everyone to see something wonderful and I 
want to
>be as honest as Salinger. Who thinks what and how...and if you do 
please
>respond and tell me if I am off on an island all to my self and I 
should come
>back to earth. (My world seems much prettier I must say...and the 
people here
>are nicer)
>
>ANgie  
>



Angie, Will you marry me?  Just kidding.  I think.  Well put and bravo 
on both your opinions and your willingness to voice yourself.

Joe

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