for those of you wondering where the name of my Australian blog came from, *the blue centerlight* is part of a quote from Kerouacs *On the Road* - one of my new favorites. this mostly autobiographical work was completed in only 3 weeks! it consists of a sort of rambling spontaneous confessional prose detailing out a road trip across the US and his relationships with some of the other beat authors and unconventional intellectuals of the day. so here it is, the quote that influenced me and this blog and my journey to Oz:
***but then they danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as Ive been doing all my life after people that interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes Awwww!***
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Great name! You are now book-marked. I just realized your dolce vita blog has been taken down! I hope you saved your posts somewhere (for yourself... I'm not necessarily planning on cyber-stalking past Michelle!).
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that book. Maybe I should go back and give it a 2nd shot. It's the only book I never read from HS english. We had an in-class essay test on it (as in we got to class, had an hour and a half to write an essay on one of three topics he gave us as we arrived). I couldn't decide if I was happy or totally disillusioned that I got a B+ on the darn thing. Without reading the book. Oi.
ReplyDeleteGlad you arrived safely!!