April 22. Lee introduces “the vortex” (quoted from an unnamed psychology professor speaking about patients with BorderPersonalityDisorder) and “the whirlpool” (taken from Eliot’s “The Waste Land”). In amazement, he is startled to find numerous correspondences to his personal life in Eliot’s text. Suddenly, life - in the form of the poem - is opening its arms to Lee. To the dismay of his girlfriend, he copies the poem and pastes it on the wall nearby his desk. He highlights the relevant passages, images, metaphors. The paper turns into a mass of fluorescent. Lee has to take it down and start the process again. The girlfriend’s reaction is not recorded.
Finally, Lee recalls a childhood canoe trip during which he encounters a whirlpool he will avoid by mere inches. This episode will prepare him for the current stage in his life, some fifty years later.
April 22. Lee introduces “the vortex” (quoted from an unnamed psychology professor speaking about patients with BorderPersonalityDisorder) and “the whirlpool” (taken from Eliot’s “The Waste Land”). In amazement, he is startled to find numerous correspondences to his personal life in Eliot’s text. Suddenly, life - in the form of the poem - is opening its arms to Lee. To the dismay of his girlfriend, he copies the poem and pastes it on the wall nearby his desk. He highlights the relevant passages, images, metaphors. The paper turns into a mass of fluorescent. Lee has to take it down and start the process again. The girlfriend’s reaction is not recorded.
Finally, Lee recalls a childhood canoe trip during which he encounters a whirlpool he will avoid by mere inches. This episode will prepare him for the current stage in his life, some fifty years later.