there's days or moments in which reading seems possible, or some types of reading seem possible. this or that faculty is available, it could be a kind of clarity or a type of emotional sympathy and understanding or a kind of dispassionate rationality. some god-faculty feintly accessed that is usually unavailableparticularly the second part. it's very difficult to become a sharper reader maybe impossible.
Every trained mind has some aspect of the world that it finds comparatively predictable. [...]
One of the more delightful things in life is to find people who can surprise you on your home turf [...] For me, as one of those book-learned sorts, people who make interesting and unexpected moves in language and ideas are similarly fascinating. Most Discourse is pretty boring, because most of it is people running around in circles you already know the broad outline of, so it's the ones darting off at odd tangents (who probably just look unusually chaotic to the ordinary observer) you find you want to follow and try to figure out.
if you realy want to engage the full libidinal power thrusters that Stan was always on about.the best reader i know is grapejuice and the trick he has pulled off is to make all reading a revelation of some grand magical plan unfolding. i think a frame like this is what is needed to really allow for fully enganged and energised reading across all spheres. i think Prynne has pulled off a smiliar trick but with a much wider scope and third also, hes got the Marxist frame. thats what every proper reader seems to need.
that wasn't a rhetorical question.what is he describing? i didnt understand it
these openings and opportunities though always fleeting fascinate me. for example the last three days have allowed me to read Uylesess. this is not usually possible for me becasue i usually find it intensely irritating.there's days or moments in which reading seems possible, or some types of reading seem possible. this or that faculty is available, it could be a kind of clarity or a type of emotional sympathy and understanding or a kind of dispassionate rationality. some god-faculty feintly accessed that is usually unavailable