I like this idea, Mary, I'd like to peek into it a bit more deeply. On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Mary <[email protected]> wrote:
But philosophically speaking, Lila is head and shoulders the > > more profound. ZAMM was the prelude. ZAMM set the stage by posing the > metaphysical context upon which the theory (the new metaphysics itself) was > then presented in Lila. As a work of entertainment ZAMM was the better > book. As a work of ideas Lila is. > > >From my perspective, the "entertainment value" of ZAMM was it's connection to something deep in us all, the longing for connection that we feel when that connection is lost. Especially when that longing is for our children! I don't think there can be any deeper expressible need that I can imagine. ZAMM tapped into that vein in the narrator's frustration and struggles with ... Himself! That's the amazing truth exposed in ZAMM. That its a part of us that we fight in the struggle to connect with others. ZAMM seemed like something written for him, and Lila seemed like something for us. Lila was A promise kept. A gap rectified. Something signified, fulfilled. dunno how to explain it to people. but i know how i feel. if it wasn't for Lila, I'd be pissed instead of loyal. John Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
