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Re: Dr. Obtuse

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Alfred B Johnson wrote:
> I remember when we all existed in one point in space, before everything
> started spreading out.  Man, that was beautiful.

Yes, this reminds me of one of my favorite Linford passages:

   http://overtherhine.com/music/piano/ld01c.html

   Although for the purposes of these liner notes I wish it were
   otherwise, my first memory is the sound of a trumpet at a tent meeting
   revival. The notes jarred my conscious mind awake and I looked around
   as if for the first time. In my short life prior to this, there had
   been only watery shadows and grey lights and distant muffled voices.
   But now I was seeing and hearing. I saw what I instinctively knew were
   my people. My older brothers, Conrad and Jonathan came into focus. And
   my sister Grace's braids. My mother who had always been part of me was
   suddenly separate. I could see her. She was smooth and dark-haired and
   inviting and wore glasses that couldn't hide bright eyes. She half
   smiled at something distant. Warm, familiar, brand new. . . .

I love that bit about his mother being "suddenly separate" ...

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
 "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
      Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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