77 Ways of Looking at H. P. Lovecraft: Notes
Funny the whims and fancies of we readers. I made the "77 Ways" notes on 25 May 2010, posted them online 17 August 2013, and repost them today. That's nearly eleven years of doing nothing with an idea. I think that may be a record, even for me.
The 2013 post:
I made these notes in May 2010, while making my way through the stories in The Annotated Lovecraft.
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moment of:
production
consumption
"irrationalism"
bourgeois
abnormal
irregular
outre
discouragement
severe
unknowable [Mach]
obstinate [style]
uninterested
remote
intensify
accumulate
abolish
disgust
exclude
un-tenderness
ecstasy
blemish
Of individual, class, society:
tumultuous
boredom
ennui
doldrums
nearness
chill
lively
inertia
idleness
anticipated
prepared
well-cooked
magnitude
RUIN
calamity
cunning
clever
un-mellow
periphery
peripheral [to "mainstream"]
immaculate
arrange
class
sort
order
collapse
nay-saying
contemplate
meditative
puzzle
The cherished beliefs
degenerate
decline
weaken
erode
unwholesome
exhausting
deficient
quirk
ambition
sensual
discouragement
pessimism
unconditional
despondent
despondency
dire
discontent
discontented
disavowal
vexed
vexing
discourage
dilapidation
frenzy
connoisseur
lucid
definitive
taxing
❖
Jay
28 March 20021
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