Monday, November 24, 2008
Exploration
Its 2 am and I have come a conclusion about House of Leaves. I have found that I tend to look ahead in the book, its not that I'm getting bored, but some sections don't seem to hold my attention, or I just want to move on; I tend to explore the book. In class we had discussed HoL as a book that is very visual, it needs to be watch. That is all well and good, but I find that this book is meant to be explored, I feel that some of the selections tend to be tedious on purpose so that you decide to explore the book, jump around, divulge yourself a little bit. Many of the pages towards the back seem to be for people like me, I would have never discovered some of the pictures, the letters, etc. The house, much like the book is meant to be explored, you don't necessarily need to get hung up on one section, look around, find a section that interests you and go with it. Either that, or I have severe case of ADD I don't know abou----oooh there are birds outside my window.
I completely agree with you; the idea of exploration is a key one (and when I think about it, I think that this, too, is something that HOL does more than most books--it allows us our own journeys in the reading process......
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