One thing I’d like to see: David Foster Wallce hooking up with a quantum-powered theoretical physicist. Let’s talk about strings—tennis, yarn, wave theory, particle theory—bring it all together in a lovely afternoon at Wimbledon. Words as subatomic particles. Light-years-long waves as Proustian sentences. Jumble it all up with a Jimmy Joyce thunderclap: bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
Tag: David Foster Wallace (DFW)
Two Men of Infinite Jest
Two Men of Infinite Jest Poor Yorick and DFW, the Master Skull. O Memory! O Video Editor!
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Epistemology “It’s weird to feel like you miss someone you’re not even sure you know.” Logic “Certainty is knowing you.” Shakespeare “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.” Wittgenstein “Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.” h/t Marion Ettlinger
DFW: A Vast Cosmic Skull
DFW A vast cosmic skull. “You never know when the magic will descend on you. You never know when the grooves will open up. And once the magic descends… you don’t want to change even the smallest detail.” h/t Marion Ettlinger
