tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post5196504508723216763..comments2024-03-28T07:55:50.510-07:00Comments on RAWIllumination.net: Mr. Wagner dissentsCleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-79598058184120902962011-11-15T07:41:14.633-08:002011-11-15T07:41:14.633-08:00Well, thanks Dr. Johnson. I found myself musing t...Well, thanks Dr. Johnson. I found myself musing this morning on how various readers have gotten deeply into Bob Wilson's writings. Over decades people pick the various balls and run with them. Dr. Johnson, obviously among the 1% (should someone start an Occupy Lake Shore Drive movement protesting those who derive too much enjoyment from psychedelic texts?), has delved much deeper than I into areas such as the writings of Vico, McLuhan, Chomsky, etc. This helps him grok facets of Bob work which I don't perceive, at least not yet.<br /><br />Keep the lasagna flying!Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-79047151347586587742011-11-15T00:17:24.936-08:002011-11-15T00:17:24.936-08:00Eric seems the cream of RAW readers, or certainly ...Eric seems the cream of RAW readers, or certainly he's in the 1%. I think he has a ultra-strong point that one can model RAW's (or any other great artist's) work in many ways. My three-ness follows a long tradition of thought in which "periods" get posited, and in the end 'tis a critical conceit, an effort to parse a very dense subject.<br /><br />I remember a college professor who, noticing most of the class was nodding off in his lectures, said that things were moving in a general direction, so "they all got together and voted to start the Renaissance on January 1, 1500." <br /><br />That sort of joke seems a close cousin to this bit about "There are three distinct periods of RAW's writing..."<br /><br />Nevertheless, the perspicacious reader knows to take this jit w/a grain-o-salt, eh? Wot? <br /><br />As a reader of RAW, Eric Wagner has been a big influence on me, and I'm grateful he wrote The Insider's Guide To Robert Anton Wilson.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-40790699810408501862011-11-14T16:56:43.477-08:002011-11-14T16:56:43.477-08:00Thanks for reposting this. I think one can model ...Thanks for reposting this. I think one can model Bob's life work in a variety of ways.<br /><br />You can check out some cool late Bob over at MLA on the Tail of the Tribe thread. http://www.maybelogic.net/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=76&func=view&catid=2&id=14863&limit=6&limitstart=30#14899Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.com