In Rapture

Now, we're supposed to make some sort of final post, yet I'm not quite sure what to post. Nothing seems final. We've really only finished the semester, That's it. In "reality", if we're all smart, we won't give up on studying Nabokov. We know more about Nabokov than most of the world at the moment, and we can continue our exploration of his style without the hindrance of grades and those people that John Shade disdains. We have the possibility of becoming distinguished because of how much we know about an eccentric Russian's word play. This is our moment to shine.

This isn't for the students that don't read, don't blog, and don't read others journals. This is for the Nabokovians. The Pica inflicted. This is for those of us that don't give a ____ about grades. Those of us that find writing to a teachers degree is ridiculous.

Write for yourselves.

For those of you that have yet to give up, those of you who haven't fallen into a rut of learning what the establishment throws at you, this is your chance to become writers. Do not give up on your Nabokovian Studies- his writing is what striving strives for. This man has mastered the ability to layer stories that I've only seen in Silent Will.

In Nabokov lies the power to make money writing (writing at a level that sells in a society that finds intelligence to be a hindrance) as well as layer in genius that will not hinder the unwashed masses understanding, while simultaneously opening millions of trails of thoughts for the eccentrics amongst us. Imagine being able to enjoy what you write as well as live off of it. This lies in Nabokov.

Now, I just turned 21 for the first (wait....) time and I went out in celebration of classes ending last night.......wow do I hurt. "I'm never drinking again" (Reality)

Thank you to everyone that has enabled me to learn throughout this class. Thank you Doug, Jennie Lynn, Zach of the Saving Bells, Helena of the 10,000 Lakes, Robert, John, Chris scribbles the scribe, Douglas, Sexson, and the many of you I have not mentioned.

I've lived Nabokov. He's in my dreams, my speech, my writing, and he's ventured into my poems. I will leave this class with a poem that wouldn't be without Nabokov, and without this class.


December 1st

As it was when i was once a dramatic piece,

Whence i was but a child, the season my innocence released.

The leaf of the tree that fell from an early snow,

Again am i the sun from which lunatics shadow the glow.?

OF MY LIFE TOLD

With a send, a buzz, a ring,

Of all the twitching thumbs

-And I know those thumbs the most-

When their owners eyes dissolve my repose.

Its tongue asking that which I’m yet to know

But

There is no emotion in its asking,

The clasp of my arm claims no comfort.

I was the Bowl that burned from green to black,

The Pyramids stacked on the Kitchen counter.

I was the Break for tired feet, Their bottoms in seats;

(The Shout that spilt Across the Blacklit Floors)

High heels and Slick shoes spelled my news.

I measured my night in Cabernet’s & Merlot’s.

My Tongue purpled, my cheeks a glow,

The sniffle of Abraham and fake Snow,

The Primes and Pinot Noir,

And still my eyes did not go Afar!

Dinner with Diva’s & wandering eyes

Still I kept Mine from becoming a lie!

I sat through burgers & fries,

Watched women spell out their desires

With a metal board and magnetic letters.

Mine was a bottle of Fetzer.

I am Prufrock etherized across a maple,

I am the conversation at the breakfast table:

“Is he Stable?”

“He didn’t care, not at all, not at all.”

I am the sheath, Hamlet.

I am the back the botkin met.

　

　

　

The Death of this ‘Ship is mine to keep.

The drool that drips

Between sharp teeth, thin lips

& then repeats

The spittle that forms puddles,

Is to long, to deep for me to leap.

(My place is next to your own seat

With feet away from feet,

My hands warming jeans)

　

From whence I was a Dramatic Piece,

This is Death in repeat.

I will not be the Wine I drink

I will not be the dead’s treat.

That night I played myself in Repeat,

The same murmur of friendly aggression

The same friend finding another’s attention,

Again I placed my emotion in the Lethe.

Again my skin felt a daggers teeth.

The pool of Shades tore at my thoughts

My news; The Romans cast lots.

A social berating upon/behind the back.

I am the color the Death Cab lacks.

OH My Lolita! I am Clearly Guilty,

You are My Virgin Mary wilting.

But Lo, you will never understand,

No never,

You will think this a note to dismember,

You will think again I’ve lost my temper.

　

　

OH Boscobel! OH Royal Oak!

My Pages! My Poems!

My Spiraling Tomb!

My Labyrinth to forever Rome!

Thank You

Incomplete Index of Transparent Things

INDEX
Of the Novel
Transparent Things.




To Armand Rave










1556- The shared birthday of Silent William, and pencil lead.
A-Alice, Juliet Moore, The Former Love, The Past
A Boy for Pleasure- A competitor’s novel (of R.) that Phil wishes R. to write.
Adam Von Librikov-(541) See Wellesley College.
Analyst-(531) Something not owned by Hugh. Also see “ask your grocer”
A Play On Words- See Majestic In Chur.
Art- (545) Meaningless word, that Hugh praises “incorrectly” for keeping his Claire alive. (See Lolita’s final passage.)
“Ask your grocer”- Ridiculously stupid term used by Freudians to rob humanity of any self-sustaining mentality outside of its fraudulent singularity.
Ascot- Narrow neckband with wide pointed wings. Traditionally made of pale gray silk.
B- Beata, Busy Witt, “Now”. The Present Mistress. The Present.
Banque Bleue- The Hotel in Trux, home (In A, B, or C, I do not know) to the Tara cataract, that replaces the Locquet as well as it’s neighbor. In a similar story, Armande’s father died demolishing a hotel by a defunct spa.
Blake Twins- Jake and Jack.
Blind Boot- Instrument almost impulsively used by one Hugh Person to crush a ‘large white butterfly’ with ‘papery wings, blotched with black and maculated with faded crimson’. The blind boot thought himself lost, when in fact he was in the pastures (once orchards), where he had Butterflied a kiss on to one Armande’s lips, the spot where he had sought off to find. See butterfly kiss page 525. See Chapter 23.
Boswell- Gentlemen in the 18th century who wrote possibly the most accurate biography in existence. See the Book Pale Fire (Following ode To Vera). See Tamworth. (546)
Bravura- (545) Showy Piece. In this Case, A Citation by R. on Hugh’s unbelievable Freudian dream that he concocted in order to amuse the Dips Hit. Also a musical piece. For a deeper understanding of why this is a bravura, see chapter 20.
C- Claire, V. Armande Chamar. The Future Love. The Future.
Café du Glacier- Café atop a tremendous hike, especially if you are wearing tennis shoes.
Caviar- See Graphite
Charles Chamar- Died during Alice’s demolishing of a hotel near a defunct spa.
Christies and Other Lassies- Great Skier’s autobiography being worked on in the A. by Hugh’s publishing company.
Clarissa Dark- See HAREM
Cool Shrines- Pages 491, 495, 497, 506. 518
CQ- Greek Hunter whom died from his look of lust.
Cunning Stunts-”Avant Garde” hit. The first letter of the first word, should not be switched with the two first letters of the second word.
Denton- (516) A collection of Butterfly’s that were awarded gold and silver medals in the 1900 Paris Exhibition. The Denton’s (Brothers whom the collection is named after, silly) were then commissioned to assemble a collection for England’s Edward VII. Wellesley Mass. now owns the Denton Collection, sporting over 1,500 moths and butterflies. See Wellesley College.
Double Systole- (543) Double entendre relating to the physiological and Poetical aspects of the word.
Female Anatomy- See Cunning Stunts. See Knout.
Dips Hit- A Psychotherapist. A Freudian. See Fraud.
Drakonita- Vlad The Impaler. Vlad III. Count Drake. The Dragon. Count Dracula. The Devil. A Romanian Prince well Remembered for staking 10,000 Turkish Prisoners outside his castle. Also a cableway in Switzerland.
Fantastic In Blur- Play on words relating to Ralph de Laer’s opinions on Electron Spin after it was denounced and then stolen by one Wolfgang Pauli. Incomplete information on Ralph de Laer’s last name.
Figures In A Golden Window- (505) (Aka The Burning Window) Another Novel by R. In Which Juliet, Jealous of her lover, Romeo, leaving her in the A. for his future wife, Vera, sets fire to the Hotel in which the two are staying. The story ends with a beautiful picture (drawn by the Belgian Artist, Plam) of R. and R. jumping out of the enflamed third story window. See also Figurine of a Female Skier. See Julia Moore.
“Fit”- A box containing U’s hiking boots.
Firedrops- (511) Poetic metaphor for an excretion of joy.
Fraud- A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.
German Blond in Black- See Page 496.
Graphite- See pencil lead.
Green Figurine of a Female Skier- See Grumbel Jail. See also U’s Death, Chapter 26 (559). See also Armande (524).
Grumbel Jail- Place in which Armand Rave, The homosexual convict who strangled his boyfriend’s incestuous sister, carved and colored the green figurine of a female skier.
Harold Hall- American Consul In Switzerland.
HAREM-(531) Literally “Has A Rapid Eye Movement” stage during sleep in which 80% of males have sexual dreams (findings of Clarissa Dark). “she investigated singlehanded some two hundred healthy jailbirds whose terms of imprisonment were shortened, of course, by the number of nights spent in the Center’s Dormitory. Well, one hundred seventy-eight of the men were seen to have powerful erections during the stage of sleep called HAREM.”
Harem- Term given to the resting quarters of women in polygynous relationships. It is strictly forbidden to men.
HH- See CQ.
Hidden Jewels- See Caviar. See Julia Moore.
Hotel Ascot- Ugly building of gray stone, brown wood, cherry red shutters, and apple-green aproned valets
Hugh Person- (Corrupted “Peterson” and pronounced “Parson” by some) (503)
Hugh Person Senior- A Dean of a prestigious all boys school in Vermont while he was still alive. Senior, a smelly, pudgy, old man of sixty, was told by the family doctor that a trip to Europe with his son would help heal the pangs of losing his wife. Senior dies in a fantastic blur of Brown, Blue, and Grey, on the other side of the Green veil, due to a roaring Redness that filled his head. Senior dies with an arm outstretched towards a terrible black mess (also a frightful conductor of electricity, mind you reader that Senior hates electric storms) out of reach in the reflecting mirror. Do not forget the trouble that Senior has with his hands.
Immediately- See “Now”. Also see Chapter 21 in its entirety mind you..
Implement- Useless tool of Jack Blake. (525)
Irma- The unlucky shopgirl whom, while laughing, unveils The Posthumous Hugh Senior.
Jack Moore- Hugh’s A. roommate. (No Relation).
Jacques- Hunk of a human, this Swiss boy (being the son of an old guide) spends his time hiking mountains, skiing slopes, and trying to convert young ladies into a virtually all male cast orgy.
J. Major- (512) One of Our Arsonists lovers before dying in a “remote war”. Little is known of his rank.
Julia Moore- Arsonist. Step Daughter of Mr. R. whom deflowered her at the tender age of thirteen. Julia enjoys tall men with strong hands and sad eyes. For a nearly hidden look at Ms. Moore visit page 511. Literary figure known as June.
Kandidatov- The Painter from Alice.
Knout- (541) Correction to the reign of Cnut.
Kronig- See A Play On Words.
La Stampa- “The Press”. A widely circulated Italian Newspaper.
Locquet- Not to be misunderstood for Locket, Locquet is hotel in Trux. Resemblance to U’s mother’s Maiden name. See Ascot if interested.
Love- Morbidly boring topic discussed in Chapter 17.
Lord Byron- Mr. Cypress in The Nightmare Abbey. (506)
Lutwidge- The middle name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He is known by no other names. (515)
Majestic In Chur- Possibly a Hotel in Chur Switzerland that, possibly, Old Kronig managed. See also Fantastic In Blur.
Mauve Snowflakes- Items belonging to Mr. Flankard which Mrs. Flankard wished to be raped under (503).
M. Chamar- Madame Charles Chamar, nee Anastasia Petrovna Potapov (not Patapouf). (No connection can be found linking her to the daughter of Tsar Nichalos II) M. Chamar received her name from her husband after he fled Russia during the Bolshevist revolution.
MM- A place in which only experts should venture (502).
Mondstein Sexy- The name of a pair of ski’s that belonged to Armande.
Mrs. Flankard- Over the hill writess whom finds beauty is beyond the skin. Possible Mental Complex.
Napoleon- Merely a visiting spirit.
“Now”- A thin veneer of immediate reality is spread over natural and artificial matter (490), and when looking down you can make out the phantoms of pale tables and underwater waiters (494).
Onanistic- (525) Subject entertained by the three J’s, Jacques, Jake and Jack. It is the withdrawal of the penis during sexual intercourse so as to ejaculate outside of the vagina. Sodomy.
Opus- A Musical work, or literary composition. (547)
Orange- The Color of Lust. 511, 512, 523, 526
Pauline- Large Woman, Slothlike (probably due to watching so much T.V.), shared the duty of cleaning up after Persons’.
“Pere Igor”- some special shop.
Pencil Lead- graphite is mixed with moist clay that is then placed in a machine (for further information on this contraption visit page 492) and formed into a pencil.
Person Pen- Hugh’s only achievement.
Person Stroke- Tennis move particular to Hugh. “…was executed with a rigid arm and blended a vigorous drive with a clinging cut that followed the ball from the moment of impact to the end of the stroke…” (for further instruction see page 528)
Photocrom- Process initially developed in Switzerland in which a color photo lithograph is produced via a black and white negative. Also known as an outdated method.
Photochrome- See Photocrom.
Plumbeous- To Contain Lead (492)
R.- Fat, Alcoholic, Incestuous (not-technically), Statutory rapist, horrible step father (though are any ever very good?), Fat-Enormously so, Eccentric, Narcissistic, Shade, Expert Specter. Also a novelist.
Romeo & Juliet- Play as old as time, by Silent Will in which a thirteen year old girl is robbed of her life by the mistakes of an overly affection Sixteen year old. See Julia Moore. Also Bravura.
“So-called”- Saying of U’s father.
Scranton- Town in which U’s Uncle receives Senior.
Spine- (541) The reader’s main organ.
Stresa- The Honeymoon of newlywed Persons was spent here. Speculation leads one to believe that Hugh is still possibly a poor performer (as mentioned by a whore early on in his life) due to his inability to shimmy down a mere four stories (534).
Suicide- A form of Account Fakery.
Tamworth- “Black-blotched swine” (509); Also of a pirates beard, Tom Tam is a vile creature that is happily waiting for our author R. to finally switch “publishers” (546) so that he may retain all of our author’s work.
Tara Cataract- A. local miracle of nature in Trux. B. A Defunct Spa.
Tea time- Roundabout when Persons make love.
Telephones- Truly scary contraption to any novice.
The Slender Slut- R.’s alternative would be alternative to ABFP.
The Stag’s- A Book by Mrs. Flankard. (AKA the Confessions of a White-Widowed Male)
Thomas Love Peacock- A Fan Of Lord Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. (506)
3Photes-(497) Three Photo’s, Three Poses. Double, Possibly, Triple meanings.
Poses
Three Tenses- (520) The novel by R. about the blue suited gentleman surrounded by three women whom have never met. T.T. is the tralatition for Transparent Things. The Watermark. See (538). T. T. exists in three realities; the A, the B, and the C. T.T. is told by R. in the B, while existing in the A, and occasionally trying to discern the C. R. tells us early on in T.T. that You cannot fully understand the C due to its rapid changing inevitability.
Toss and Thurn- Imaginary valleys passed through during a restless sleep (532).
Tralala- (509) The part of a song where the soloist is joined by a group of singers. See
Bravanda, See Opus.
Thanatology- (543) Study of Death
Tralalation- A Metaphor. A slip of the tongue.
Trim Metaphor- retracing steps for ghosts.
Trux- A lakeside town in Switzerland. The first visit of U’s with his Father at the age of 22, as well as his second ten years later.
Twenty-two- The price of a cute wristwatch. Also the number of Canton’s on a white cross centered on a wooden plate (497).
U- Boston Strangler.
Versex Palace- The place of Hugh and R.’s first meeting. (507)
Villa Nastia- The humble abode of M. And Ms. Chamar. (Not Anastasia)
Wellesley College- School in Mass. where in the A. Vivian Bloodmark was a professor.
Witt- Town in which Hugh looses his life.
Vera- Armande Rave, The Green Figurine of a Female Skier, Mrs. Hugh Person.
(To Be Continued………)