I watched Philip Pullman on Charlie Rose - very interesting to hear him speaking about the Dark Materials trilogy. He was saying that it was about a loss of innocence, yes, but more as growing out of innocence into wisdom rather than a loss.
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Toddson - Jan 14, 2008 5:25:41 am PST #4691 of 28348
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
brenda m - Jan 14, 2008 6:32:39 am PST #4692 of 28348
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
He was saying that it was about a loss of innocence, yes, but more as growing out of innocence into wisdom rather than a loss.
That's an interesting point. For something that is so fundamental, so needful to understanding and experiencing life, it's almost creepily often portrayed as tragic.
DavidS - Jan 14, 2008 6:40:23 am PST #4693 of 28348
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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brenda m - Jan 14, 2008 6:45:22 am PST #4694 of 28348
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
D'oh! Insent.
Strega - Jan 14, 2008 8:10:18 am PST #4695 of 28348
That's an interesting point. For something that is so fundamental, so needful to understanding and experiencing life, it's almost creepily often portrayed as tragic.
Yeah, there's a large element of our culture that views the opposite of innocence as corruption. And if you look at it that way, it's easy to figure that people (especially children) should be protected, not just from genuinely dangerous things, but from knowledge.
But if the opposite of innocence is experience, everything changes. Thus all the William Blake.
Steph L. - Jan 14, 2008 8:15:44 am PST #4696 of 28348
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, I finished The Sweet Far Thing (the third Libba Bray book).
Wow. Yeah. She did a thing that I totally didn't see coming. I mean, *really.*
The book? Fantastic. Really fucking fantastic.
Atropa - Jan 14, 2008 9:23:54 am PST #4697 of 28348
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Gaaaah. My copy of The Sweet Far Thing arrives this week. I can't wait!
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2008 9:51:13 am PST #4698 of 28348
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For something that is so fundamental, so needful to understanding and experiencing life, it's almost creepily often portrayed as tragic.
It's the fall from Eden. It's almost hardwired into us that no matter how pragmatic the result of our feet touching the ground, it makes the baby Jesus cry (feel free to ignore the timelines violated in this post).
Polter-Cow - Jan 14, 2008 6:41:13 pm PST #4699 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
This Cassie Edwards thing just gets more and more hysterical.
She A) plagiarized for the AUTHOR'S NOTE and B) plagiarized from the goddamn ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
brenda m - Jan 15, 2008 2:47:50 am PST #4700 of 28348
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
And now this:
SAVAGE OBSESSION
Page 284 (pg 434 in Large Type edition)
The odors of the forest, the dew and damp meadow, and the curling
smoke from the wigwams were left behind as Lorinda […]
HIAWATHA by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (!):
Lines 3-5 of the Introduction
With the odors of the forest,
With the dew and damp of meadows,
With the curling smoke of wigwams
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