Sunday, May 13, 2007

Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler-quote response

Page 32:
"New age gargoyle trilingual lowriders."
*This quote seems to de-emphasize the meaning. Its funny because when you try to imagine the image, what comes to mind is not a typical car. (A lowrider= a car.) How can a car symbolize a gargoyle and symbolize three languages at that? Or does it mean that the car symbolizes a trilingual gargoyle, which is silly a gorgoyle can in fact not talk at all?

Page 33-34:
"Burnt tortillas...Yo' bones on the rocks."
*This whole snippet of words strikes me as somewhat oddly intelligent. It also strikes me as stunningly shocking andsomewhat brilliant. I thought that all of the things said in this section were quite interesting. A marijuana grocery bag? An executive chicken? Teriaki ink, midwest brick, baby gila fangs in tights, asbestos lobster? What do all of thses things mean? In a way, some of them make sense in a scary, yet realistic way. Some, even after a long thought process I cannot figure to be literal in any form. I like this piece because its both logical andillogical at the same time.

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