Re: It's been a while!
Jaramillojp@kktv.com
Mon, 11 May 1998 20:26:24 -0700
Someone told me in this class I'm taking that the writer must be honest
and I guess that's what I admire about Salinger and Ginsberg. If the
writer is a searcher, than the two men have much in common with their
work. I mean the two didn't just write, they lived literature. Will once
told me the same thing. He told me he has not only written but lived
literature. They didn't just write for commercial reasons or ego reasons
but they wrote because it made them reach a place deeper and more real
than the outside world. And I'm not just saying writing will tell you
about yourself, I mean Ginsberg's poetic vision was more than the act of
writing but searching for value beyond the physical world which can be
cruel capitalistic and scarring. I mean people are always ruining
things, New York can be a sad and lonely place. Everyone of Slinger's
characters are scarred by the physical world. Either by their youth or
by a war experience but by searching for poetry or the unspoken or the
vision of poetry you can get above that and see what's real and what is
beautiful like youth and even the holy everyday things that seem as
disgusting. Like Seymour searching through libraries. God searching is
what the writer does and that can be more beautiful than the writing
itself.
Personally I have found out more about myself writing pretty dumb short
stories than I ever have about grammar or turning the line. I think that
is what binds Salinger and Ginsberg to me in my thoughts.
More ramblings from Colorado.
Suerte