Hello Angus,
ANGUS: The biggest problem with postmodernism is the
interpretation of postmodernism.
ERIN: nice
ANGUS: However, people latch on to the seeming
relativism of postmodernism because they do not have
the patience to understand the subtle hope of
postmodernism
ERIN: Yes, I am not sure why "deconstruction" got a bad name. You can not
construct the new without deconstructing the old.
What did you think of the yellow submarine analogy?
I thought it was good in that it illustrates that descruction is good as a
means but incomplete as an end.
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ANGUS:
Laurence of Arabia of course is 10 10 10!
ERIN: That was a good movie but I think I would have to have a little more
testosterone to put it as a 10.
I don't have a 10 10 10 movie, sad to say.
I did think the closest would be "Red" ( 7 7 7) or maybe Unbearable Lightness
of Being (9 8 8). I think that a Tom Robbins book would be a 10 10 10 if he
made one into a movie (Even cowgirls get the blues didn't turn out too good
though). Who knows maybe ZAMM or LILA will be a movie someday.
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You see LILA struggling with the anima (chapter 10
> for example).
> It is usually some wisdom/death representation
Okay you wanted me to expand on this but I had meant animus not anima - I am
not sure if you still wanted me to clarify or not but I will just go on
anyways. In your description of the Wizard of Oz you put the Witch of the
North as the "Wise Old Women". This is how I would perceive it.
The anima may be personified as a young girl, very spontaneous and intuitive,
(Dorothy) or as a witch, or as the earth mother (witch of the North). It is
likely to be associated with deep emotionality and the force of life itself.
The animus may be personified as a wise old man, a sorcerer, or often a number
of males, and tends to be logical, often rationalistic, even argumentative
(Wizard of Oz).
My image of this earth mother or as you call it wise old women is more like
the Snake Goddess from the Minoan culture then the character in the W of Oz
(for me at least).
"It is usually some wisdom/death representation"
As for this part I think I am going to need time to write a clear description.
I think "The Seventh Seal" by Igmar Bergman comes to mind. That silent guy
with the "all knowing" smile that plays the death character is a good animus
image.
Have you every read Barthes short story about the Funhouse. It was about this
guy going into a funhouse to see how love worked and saw this cycle of fear
and love and when he came upon the operator of the funhouse and saw how it all
worked he said something about not being able to enter the funhouse again.
Dorothy's anger at Wiz's tactics is the same theme, that funhouse scene in
Amelia is the same theme.
When Lila is struggling with animus she is struggling with a death force. When
Pirsig is struggling with Lila he is struggling with a life force.
Igmar Bergman is great at showing this in his movies.
Sorry so short and disconnected. I have the flu and not thinking too clearly.
If you want me to explain anything more clearly I can do it later.
P.S. I would like to hear more about your other idea, not sure if it too clear
yet. What do you meant the Landmark helps you find your other?
Erin
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