Subject: Chicago and carpenters
From: Catherine Marie (tangerineness@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 22:20:08 EST
My lord, I was (I must confess) a bit behind in this list most of the week,
and I just read through more messages than I ever thought anyone would read
in a week. I have to say a lot of it was very interesting, and just goes to
prove that there really is more to say about Salinger than "why did Seymour
kill himself", and that we haven't really run out of new topics. The idea
that Seymour is Muriel's uncle is beautiful. I won't say anything more of it
for fear of killing it. Well, maybe one thing. I was thinking about the
fact that he is Muriel's uncle, not a Glass uncle, as one might expect. It
seems to suggest that these things really happen in places you might never
expect.
Perhaps it is time I report on the little Chicago meeting. After reading
what Paul and Cecilia said, though, I really can't say much more. As Paul
said we talked about everything and nothing. That sums it up well. Mostly
they were real. They were real wonderful people I would love to spend time
around. There is something very refreshing about realizing that maybe, just
maybe every single person on this list is in truth a real person with real
dreams and goals and experiences that extend so far beyond anything we could
possibly comprehend. I guess that isn't incredibly detailed about the actual
meeting, but once again I'll just stop before I simply repeat what has
already been said but with worse words, in essence killing what was fine to
begin with.
On a related topic, as far as architecture being the best form of art to a
point because it cannot simply be ignored, I must say I agree completely. It
is part of the reason I want to become an architect. I want to change the
world through the way people experience it. I could go on, but there is some
Salinger in here. Lately I've been extremely pantheistic. I've been feeling
that we should really learn to see the value in everyone and everything.
Tied into this is buildings, architecture, and the way buildings have a
soul. The bricks, everything. And also related is the idea of the people who
build these buildings. As much as they get a semi-bad reputation, I would
like to say I have never known any carpenters who weren't wonderful people.
They have a humility that I greatly respect, and they build the building we
tend to so completely credit to the architect. All this thought led me to
realize that I know of at least three rather significant refrences to
carpenters in Salinger. First in APDFBF what is Sybils last name? None other
than Carpenter. Next, for most of Zooey, Bessie is trying to get the
painters into the livingroom. Painters serve a similar purpose, and I am
using the word carpenter more generally that it probably ought to be used.
Lastly, Raise High the Roofbeam, "Carpenters". There are probably more, I'm
just speaking of what I thought of off hand. I anyone else knows of others
it would really be gratifying.
Catherine
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