the hidden link page
what would you do
if i sang out of tune?
would you stand up
and walk out on me?
lend me an ear
i'll sing you a tune
and i'll try
not to sing out of key
the beatles
baby-blue@angelfire.com
Hidden within this page is a link to transcendental memetics. Perhaps you aren't interested in transcendental memetics, it isn't going to give people the motivation of pornography, for example, however, there is the challenge and thrill of the hunt and the feeling of accomplishment in finding a hidden link. Of course, you could cheat, but right now there isn't anything on the transcendental memetics page except a counter tallying the number of seekers finding the page. You also get to read my thoughts on Eyeless In Gaza by Aldous Huxley. I would be thrilled if you have your own thoughts about the book and sent email to me discussing them. I've never studied literature, so if I look utterly naive and uneducated to you, well I am. 
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Here are my impressions of Eyeless In Gaza
When I got the book, I thought it was going to be science fiction -- about a land of blind people who couldn't see, with the protagonist being a sighted man who is eventually regarded as a prophet because of his ability to sense things that others couldn't, a man with special powers. This would be analogous to someone having ESP in our culture, a sense that we don't understand, and for the most part, deny. I pictured the following scenario: the protagonist, living in a land of eyeless people, sees someone about to trip over a rock. He warns them urgently not to step onto that spot because there is an obstacle, and the person is absolutely amazed that this man, the protagonist, has such powers, powers that the person never imagined, but is verified indeed by the rock actually being there. (This could lead to other eyeless people pretending to be seers by warning others about impending rocks and obstacles, but who are secretly placing the rocks, unseen by the victims.) But, then this isn't what the book is about at all.
Huxley makes your head spin with the style of this book, spanning a period of over 20 years. Passages jump from 1914 to 1935 to 1928 to 1934 to 1914 to 1933 to 1908, continuously, throughout the book. The story also jumps from being 'diary entries' to being narrative and at times is told through different persons' viewpoints. It can be rather dizzying. It is ultimately well-woven, coming together as a study in contrasts and progressions and finally, enlightenment.
Anthony Beavis, the main character, comes to us as a man, and as a boy, who refuses responsibility for his actions as they affect other people. He rationalizes and uses blame (it's their own fault) whenever his actions cause harm to another. Anthony refuses to commit to any relationship, but perhaps the closest is to his boyhood friend, Brian Foxe. Anthony and Brian went to boarding school together.
Brian comes from a fatherless home, his insidiously overprotective mother being the dominant influence in his life. Brian has a creative mind. Brian sees things in terms of love; he alone stands up for a boy who is being ridiculed for being caught masterbating at school. Brian says, "But he's not the only one!" The others cannot deny this, but are not so much brought to acceptance, but miffed that Brian would put a damper on their fun.
to be continued.
