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My opinion on these 3 points?
a) He's dead on about making that "appointment" ... it takes a certain amount of self-hypnosis too. And self-deception.
b) Journalism, in my view, is "fiction based on fact." Hardly more. It depends on a person's point-of-view. Two people can see the exact same thing and report different things. Yes, it's subjective: Based on perception and memory. Though people will argue otherwise. Then, editing and composition comes into it. What to highlight, what to leave out, ultimately "what sells," which shapes and alters the truth. In other words, reality becomes fiction the moment you try to write about it.
>~~~> More on Norman Mailer. Here's a typical interview:
Just listen to what he has to say on "Democracy vs. Fascism."
"Democracy is not routine or automatic"
... just give it a listen and consider if he's right or wrong about human nature:
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Fascinating guy, a great American: full of contradictions ... opinionated, provocative and always compelling. I love reading interviews with him or watching him being interviewed. He came at a time when fiction writers were considered truth-sayers -- when novelists, believe it or not, still set the cultural agenda. (And let's not forget how he supported outsider writers like Henry Miller.)
Norman Mailer:
a) -----> On Poetry:
A "natural activity ... a poem comes to one," whereas prose required making "an appointment with one's mind to write a few thousand words."
b) -----> On Journalism:
"You can't be too certain about what happened."
c) -----> On Technology:
"insidious, debilitating and depressing," and nobody in politics had an answer to "its impact on our spiritual well-being."
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a) -----> On Poetry:
A "natural activity ... a poem comes to one," whereas prose required making "an appointment with one's mind to write a few thousand words."
b) -----> On Journalism:
"You can't be too certain about what happened."
c) -----> On Technology:
"insidious, debilitating and depressing," and nobody in politics had an answer to "its impact on our spiritual well-being."
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My opinion on these 3 points?
a) He's dead on about making that "appointment" ... it takes a certain amount of self-hypnosis too. And self-deception.
b) Journalism, in my view, is "fiction based on fact." Hardly more. It depends on a person's point-of-view. Two people can see the exact same thing and report different things. Yes, it's subjective: Based on perception and memory. Though people will argue otherwise. Then, editing and composition comes into it. What to highlight, what to leave out, ultimately "what sells," which shapes and alters the truth. In other words, reality becomes fiction the moment you try to write about it.
c) Technology ... I wonder about how the internet, in particular, creates a pseudo-life for all of us. A seemingly fulfilling but ultimately empty life, based on consumerism. A "virtual" life. With virtual communication and virtual friends. Yikes.
Sometimes we forget why the internet was created ... to sell shit. Which means distracting us enough to sell shit. Which means misdirecting and conditioning us to be less who we really are, but just consumers with manufactured needs.
Sometimes we forget why the internet was created ... to sell shit. Which means distracting us enough to sell shit. Which means misdirecting and conditioning us to be less who we really are, but just consumers with manufactured needs.
>~~~> More on Norman Mailer. Here's a typical interview:
Just listen to what he has to say on "Democracy vs. Fascism."
"Democracy is not routine or automatic"
... just give it a listen and consider if he's right or wrong about human nature:
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"Notebook" for the novel --> http://permanentobscurity.com/
I need to emphasize that PERMANENT OBSCURITY is not "erotica," although it has BDSM overtones (leaning toward so-called "femdom"). It's really a dark comedy about bohemia and the difficulty of relationships (female/male and female/female) and finally the big question for anyone in the arts (or in the tabloid media): sudden fame vs. permanent anonymity. The style of the novel is inspired by '60s over-the-top sexploition films like those of Russ Meyer (FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) and those Something Weird Videos, like A SWEET SICKNESS and BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL [so-called “cautionary tales”]) -- updated to the Bush era (circa 2006).
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)
Written in the 3 parts:
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 1 - THE KINKY HOOK
Whereupon we are introduced to Dolores and Serena and their kinky shenanigans.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 2 - STRANGE HUNGERS
Whereupon Dolores and Serena grapple with relationship/sexuality issues, life-threatening drug dealers, irreversible money woes. Culminating in a desperate attempt at making a so-called "femdom" film.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 3 - NO MAN'S LAND
Whereupon Dolores and Serena find themselves in a place not expected. Namely, hell.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» PERMANENT OBSCURITY: the title and where it came from --> http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-origins-title.htm
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» The subversive power of sexploitation:
pre-porn era sexploitation and its influence --
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-sexploitation-1.htm
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» BAD GIRL CINEMA (and its influence on the novel):
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-origins-badgirls.htm
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~: About the Author:
Initially published small literary magazines, Richard Perez has also written for The New York Times (a newspaper he doesn't read.) His first novel, The Losers' Club (aka: The Losers' Club: Complete Restored Edition) has three foreign translations to date: Korean, Turkish, Italian. PERMANENT OBSCURITY: or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death — his second novel — also reflects his infatuation with bohemia and willful nonconformists.
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