It's All In The EyeBrows

TO BEGIN!

It's nice to be back! To be amongst like minds! This will be a fun study eh?

To Creased Brows, I apologize ahead of time, and this will be the last time I do it, for everything I say that insults you, hurts your feelings, or generally turns you off.

I meant what I said.

If we're going to be Elitists we're going to break some feelings. Not that we need to. Or even that it will happen. My point is merely that this class is going to be ripping apart a certain type of reader, and if that's you, get out or deal with it.

Now For The RACES!

It seems there will be two races going on in the class;

The first of which (the game you'll play with yourself) is to see which spine will deteriorate quicker. Will it be Finnegan's Wake? Or The Four Quartet's? Which will be the first to loose a page?

The Second game, and by far the more intriguing, is the race to see who can finish Finnegan's Wake. And who can finish Finnegan's Wake? And who can achieve the White Elephant with Shaman Sexson's Satisfaction? For those of you who've seen his copy of Ulysses, I'm sure you're behind me in saying that theirs not enough ink in a single pen to complete the scribbles scrolling down the columns of that epic. Who will win? Who Will be First!?


Now On To My Thoughts On The Eyebrows of Highbrows, and Lowbrows reading:

I had this thought while reading Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories (a novel).

Why do we call it Highbrow?

When a Highbrow (an Elitist) reads the Alchemist his brow is low, sulking almost, searching through the text for the faintest texture, and, being unable to find it, we see the Elitists eyebrow creased downwards. Whereas, if a Lowbrow (peon, the unwashed masses, etc.) reads The Alchemist his brow is raised, lavishing in the ideas he has just found! Ideas, which sadly enough, they will never fully investigate. Ideas they will probably never delve into.

And Vice Versa

When a peon reads Molloy their brow's form a V. It's an Abomination! Pointless Drivvle (yes Drivvle!). It has nothing in it! It's some moron gabbing with another man. That's all that's happened! Where's The Entertainment!


It's in the Understanding.

".....Mr. Beckett seeks to empty the novel of its usual recognizable objects- plot, situation, characters-and yet keep the reader interested and moved......"
-The New York Time Book Review

And this next part might scare you.

"Beckett is one of the most positive writers alive. Behind all his mournful blasphemies against man there is real love. And he is genuine: every sentence is written as if it had been lived."

And I feel it. You Should Too. This is the time to become neurotic about your work. Your Studies.

My Expectations for this Class:

Be Full of Yourself.

Befoolovurself

BE A FOOL! Attempt to be wrong to be fool of yourself!

Really I think the only persons to find us foolish are those who are truly foolish. Those who would call us full of ourselves because they do not understand, nor want to.

As for my feelings, if you'd like to hurt them, are rather strong that there is going to be a lot of jealousy spilling about the class. Great Jealousy! Everyone NEEDS to become possessive to the point where they wish they'd found THIS or THAT. I hope this happens. This is where an elitist lives. And I'd also like everyone to share their comments on each others posts. I invite everyone to share everything they discover. BLOG CONSTANTLY. Give credit where it is due, and above all do not watch what you say.

And my parting remark, my question is;

"What do your eyebrows do during the readings?"

(And for Jennie Lynn) look up the definition of discover.