Subject: RE: For Will
From: Micaela (mbombard@middlebury.edu)
Date: Thu May 09 2002 - 14:41:46 EDT
Re: For WillBy spirit of a child, I meant more along the lines of "unmolded"
in a sense. I love that children will ask questions like "What does God
look like"...I like how if someone all of the sudden started flying they
would probably say "cool" instead of immediately resort to skepticism. So
by "child-like" I mean it the best sense of the word, and not the selfish
bratiness that often comes along with it. I think that it's more about
having a constant sense of awe about the world. Einstein even said that awe
is the greatest emotion...I wonder if he was part child, too.
-Micaela
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Subject: Re: For Will
----- Original Message -----
From: Micaela
To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 5:53 PM
Subject: RE: For Will
. I think the closer you are to having the spirit of a child then the
closer you are to the spirit of what Salinger is trying to say. Maybe in
twenty years I, too, will feel differently, but I hope to god that I don't.
Micaela,
I think we haven't met the same children. Most of those I know are just
cruel and careless to other people. I'm reluctant to think that the spirit
of child is an ideal. God, I just want to kick their ass! :)
Val
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