tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post6434437928163457756..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Robert Grudin and Yasunari KawabataFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-54818446447947322092011-03-25T09:38:51.669-07:002011-03-25T09:38:51.669-07:00Cheryl,
I believe that "the rush of experien...Cheryl,<br /><br />I believe that "the rush of experience" refers to incoming sensory stimuli or information. (the view through the window at the landscape passing by)<br /><br />The "immobility of awareness" refers to our awareness of that stimuli--that we stand back from the sensory experience and observe it without being moved by it and that, at the same time, we observe ourselves observing the sensory input. <br /><br />I think he's using the experience as a metaphor for our conscious awareness of the outside world and our self awareness--in other words, we are aware of ourselves as observers and this separates us from the natural sensory world that other creatures live in for they are part of that world, much as young children under the age of two also appear to be.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-321217407473205712011-03-23T18:05:25.547-07:002011-03-23T18:05:25.547-07:00Fred,
Could you explain a bit more what t...Fred,<br /><br /> Could you explain a bit more what this phrase from the Robert Grudin quote means:<br /><br />"between the rush of experience and the immobility of awareness."Cherylnoreply@blogger.com