Subject: Re: Why (NOT) Read Biographies?
From: Suzanne Morine (suzannem@dimensional.com)
Date: Sat Nov 11 2000 - 22:46:23 GMT
Regarding avoiding reading books like Margaret Salinger's because they
reveal information I'd be just as happy not knowing, I think that
information can be jarring but I can find a way to deal with it. For
instance, I love my British soap opera, EastEnders, and it bothers me a lot
to hear what will happen in the future since we're three years behind.. but
then I get over it somehow. Okay, so and so is going to jail and this other
person's baby will die, and this guy will have long term problems with
alcohol. It's not as good as everything being fresh but I find that I still
love the show.
Similarly, discovering that JDS is weird doesn't cancel the fact that he
has an incredible gift that he has found a way to share. I already think
JDS is weird for being a hermit. I want to be a hermit but I'm sort of glad
I don't have the kind of money that would allow me to do that. Not because
I don't want to, but because I look at someone like Salinger, being a
hermit, and I am not impressed by that, especially in contrast to
volunteers in "Doctors without Borders" who could have comfortable jobs as
doctors at home but choose to make a sacrifice and go to desolate, faraway
places. Now, that's impressive.
Also, it's really good to know that something good can come about even
though you have problems. (Drinking urine actually is not so novel: some
people tout this as a health thing. People do the strangest things for
health!)
As for actually reading Margaret's book, it's not high on my priorities in
the books I want to read.
My two cents worth,
Suzanne
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