Re: FLUXLIST: Fluxus History (was Scott Rigby's question)

[ann klefstad]

> Reed says:

> Greek drama & booze. Wow. That must have been a nasty combination. Boone's Farm or
> M.D. 20/20 and hubris. In 1972 I was 11 so Greek drama was a bit above my reading
> level at that point. Had to read them in college though and must admit didn't much
> enjoy them then. I
> had to anylize them according to Northrop Frye. Man I shudder just to think of it.
>
> RA

Everything is much better when Northrop Frye has nothing to do with it. And Sophocles
is light reading for those raised on Ibsen. My favorite piece of writing at 14 or so
was "The Wild Duck". But then half my ancestors were from Lofoten so that stuff was
Duck Soup to them, hey.

There is much to be said for a library so restricted, and a reading habit so omnivorous
and unguided, that one was reading Homer at 10, right along with Nancy Drew. It's sort
of a Fluxus upbringing, in a way.

AK