Thanks, Randolph. I appreciate that
(I think it would have been a slap in the face for the governor -- that's
the sort of things gets Elid in trouble)
L
On Mon, May 28, 2012 11:28, Randolph Healy wrote:
> Dear Lawrence,
>
>
> I'm impressed by the way there's so much going on here in terms of
> content yet the lines are so smooth. So smooth the phrase "mind suicide" is
> a real slap in the face.
>
> best
>
> Randolph
>
>
> On 28/05/2012 10:00, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
>> Where have you been? asked the governor.
>> "Up and down," replied Saint Elid.
>> Up and down? Just what does that mean?
>> Elid was startled; and was afraid.
>> "I do not understand. I speak
>> with a common phrasing, clearly. The people comprehend my words.
>> I've been wandering, many places."
>> You said up. How high did you go?
>> "As high as I may."
>> How high's that?
>> "Not high. A few small hills."
>> Flying?
>> Elid laughed: "Not yet, Sir, not yet
>> till the good Lord gives me strong wings; and I do not think he will. So
>> never." Yet you speak as if he might do.
>> "It is in his power. He could.
>> I do not think he will. I doubt
>> that it would be that good for me to fly." You doubt?
>> "I doubt myself
>> and my own spiritual strength. I do not doubt or question god."
>> How low do you go?
>> "My soul's depth;
>> and sometimes to the low tide line." To Hell?
>> "No. I do not go there."
>> And in your dreams?
>> "In dreams? Visions,
>> which, I believe, do come from God, and ideas and imaginings. My body
>> though stays in my bed." You do not fly within your dreams?
>> "You say it well: I do not fly."
>> Some say you are a witch, Elid.
>> "Some are deluded by desire
>> and their greed, in combination, which lead them to say untrue things, as
>> a pair of horses might pull a carriage that we could not move. If I do
>> not deny the charge it is because it is insane and uttered in bad faith
>> by fools." How so insane, if it's folly?
>> "Foolishness is abdication of mind.
>> Bad faith is mind suicide. They are
>> responsible or complicit. All know, or did, what they have done.
>> They've destroyed themselves quite knowingly."
>> The governor stare at Elid.
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>> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
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