its the way someone turns a phrase
mispronounces a word writes a brisk sentence that catches his eye and he cant
help but pull it out and play with itsee how it works
years ago reading Jung Jung taught
him that everything ought to be turned as if it were a ball in a childs
handsthe child is unsophisticated unlearned
therefore experiencing a ball for the first time he or she turns it over
and over and over again looking at it from every conceivable angle
as we grow older our naivety is
defaced and crushed moments of what
could be wonder and awe are diminished by being possessed to perform to others
expectations
were desperate not to be seen as naïve as if naïve is a terrible
indiscretiona horrible admission that somehow perhaps we are unworthyof what
he had two daughters he raised them on what he learned as a young
boywhat an elderly man shared with him
Dont give a fuck about what other
people think
he read on page 93 of some book he
was readingto-day
he was reading out of 22 books 9 nonfiction 4 of the fiction were esotericacquired
taste
he couldnt find the passage on
page 93 among 13 fictions before him so he might furthur appreciate the context in which the
sentence was writtenhed
read too much to pinpoint it
he assumed where he read it he had
already returned to the library
virtually all the library books
he borrowed he wanted among his library
financial constraintsyes but more it was space constraints that stopped
his hand realistically there was no point
to have a book if you couldnt go into a room and have it off a shelf to peruse
page 93
she was afraid he might be one of
those who protected the rich from the poor
she was afraid
women are more often afraid than men
he began turning the ball
he might be
or maybe he wasnt
maybe he was
one of those
he despised the tag one of those an inherent judgment a broad generalization
a stereotype
fact is you have to be willing to digto get dirty turn the ball who are you to determineto dictate what kind of
person someone is if youre unwilling to risk learningknowing who they are who you
think they are and accept you can be wrong
which reminded him of the prologue
to In Search of Sir Thomas Browne bottom of page xvi . . . words in print do not represents exactly
what was said and what was said never represents exactly what was meant or taken
as meant
ball
who protect the rich from the
poor
politicians
bodyguards
entourage
the balls rolling
she was afraid he might be
one of those who protected the rich from the poor
what was she rich poor
does
the rich need to be protected do the
poor need to be protected might he be one
of those who protected the poor from the rich
power tends to corrupt absolute
power corrupts absolutely
John Dalberg-Acton
some people look and recognise a
ball and are content with their appraisal
give him a ball he could play
with it forever
1325, Day-between-Two-Ts, 12 7.
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Dale Cooper and the Dictaphones
Mon Bibliotheque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIu-7PNR00M
