Playing it...

March 3, 2009

Straight

"For every kind of vampire,
there is a kind of cross."

-- Thomas Pynchon in
Gravity's Rainbow

This entry is continued
from yesterday evening,
from midnight last night,
and from an entry of
February 20 (the date
four years ago of
Hunter Thompson's death)--
"Emblematizing the Modern"--

Emblematizing the Modern

The Cross of Descartes

Note that in applications, the vertical axis of the Cross of Descartes often symbolizes the timeless (money, temperature, etc.) while the horizontal axis often symbolizes time.

T.S. Eliot:

"Men’s curiosity searches past and future
And clings to that dimension. But to apprehend
The point of intersection of the timeless
With time, is an occupation for the saint...."

"I played 'Deathmaster' straight....
The best villains are the ones who are
both protagonist and antagonist."
-- The late Robert Quarry

"Selah."
-- The late Hunter Thompson

'Deathmaster' Robert Quarry and gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson, who both died on a February 20