Hmm. This is interesting to me. Why do you think it's trite?
Is it because the things that he talks about are mundane (like
shoelaces and pizza), or because the observations and relations
he has to these things are mundane? Why are they inane?
Because they are obvious?
> I can't believe that I spent over a minute reading about why
> this guy puts his socks on the way that he does. The Mezzanine has none
> of the radience in dalliness that WN has, though it has its moments they
> are far and few between.
Here's the thing. I think that what Carter is saying is that
he could probably write this book too, if he thought about things in
the same way as the main character does. And I think Carter
could, too. But why would he? It would take a specific
mindset in order to complete this project. And what would this
mindset entail or require? Well, first of all, you'd have to
see past the shoelaces to something else that the showlaces
make you think about. On that note, I submit that The
Mezzanine is not a series of "random" thoughts about "random"
things. I'm starting to see things and ideas emerging from the
clumping together of things and thoughts. It's interesting to
watch a train of thought, especially if the train in heading
south...
T. Pontius
tap6u@virginia.edu