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Saturday, January 31
Dearest reader,
tonight I found out I actually know someone who has read VALIS, one of the most interesting books I've ever read, and the prequel to the book that enthralled me the most in my adolescence, The Divine Invasion, in which an average chap has to smuggle in the Savior to earth, because earth is under the control of illusion, the Roman Empire, and evil in general. The novel ends with a nod to the redeeming power of accepting ordinary love, ordinary beauty, and human averageness. I may be reading too much into it...in a way, or I just may see the extraordinary in the mundane. Somehow, I don't think this book could be described as mundane, however.
From a PKD fan blog:"Phillip K. Dick's books make me stop being afraid of my own insanity. The weird thing is that they do it by scaring the crap out of me first."
Maybe I will reread it, and listen to Everything Must Go or the Everlasting, by the Preachers. But not today. Soon, to read the Magus. Maybe a summer project... ?
XO,
tonight I found out I actually know someone who has read VALIS, one of the most interesting books I've ever read, and the prequel to the book that enthralled me the most in my adolescence, The Divine Invasion, in which an average chap has to smuggle in the Savior to earth, because earth is under the control of illusion, the Roman Empire, and evil in general. The novel ends with a nod to the redeeming power of accepting ordinary love, ordinary beauty, and human averageness. I may be reading too much into it...in a way, or I just may see the extraordinary in the mundane. Somehow, I don't think this book could be described as mundane, however.
From a PKD fan blog:"Phillip K. Dick's books make me stop being afraid of my own insanity. The weird thing is that they do it by scaring the crap out of me first."
Maybe I will reread it, and listen to Everything Must Go or the Everlasting, by the Preachers. But not today. Soon, to read the Magus. Maybe a summer project... ?
XO,
