Sunday, June 14, 2009

Oh What A Slaughter by Larry McMurtry

Q: "Nephi Johnson, one of the participants in the Moutain Meadows Massacre, died crying "Blood, blood, blood"
Q: Is trauma that bad, I wonder if this is the same type of thing, the troops go through when they come back from combat?
C: I think trauma in general is an interesting study, I mean why does he brain choose to hang on to the bloodiest parts of our lives, or the parts we try to forget.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Q-Q-C A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut Reading Journal

Q: "No, but what you respond to in any work of art is the artist's struggle against his or her limitations."

Q: Why would you respond to that?

C: This is a very interesting quote, and the only reason I wrote it was because it made me stop and think, which I have done many times while reading this book. I still don't totally get it, but I like the quote anyways.