pg 131- 151
1) “We are on a dual road now. One leads to the top, the pyramid that is, the convex-shaped tower of corporate letters, “the system” as we used to put it, the other eggs us on, let us slide down the tortuous path to self-knowledge and self-immolation, it is as id all the fiery poems, essays, stories, and novels we have written are now running back and breaking out of their printed half-lives and are tackling up, punishing us for giving them form and voice and exposure” (136).
This quote makes me feel like the person is at two different pathways that lead to heaven and hell. It also means that no matter what you choose in life, it is either choosing the path of heaven or the path to hell. Everyday you choose from the different paths. If you choose heaven, you life will be peaceful and simple but if you choose hell then you would live more complex confusing and not a happy life. Make your choices wisely.
2) “I have no commandments, no books, no way, no rule, you must touch, but it is not me I am really speaking of, you must swim into another with every leaf and wave and wind, the wind itself, the fire itself, the waters raging in the blue eyelash of the heavens, look up, now, you, look up, it is all unraveling, above and below, there is nowhere to stand, nothing to say, or write or act to be” (137).
This quote tells about how he writes. He has no format of teaching people what he knows but just uses putting in random thoughts that sometimes will make sense but other times it will not. He wants people to get know what he is telling them by trying to describe his experiences. It will make them understanf where he is coming from.
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