i am reading it again. aside from the KKK, the regular old racism is enough and easy to believe given the time and space this country was in..no?
what is hanging in my mind is this idea of the "promise" that sandpiper pointed out to me, and my own lack of understanding about how people have mythologized this place, expect so many things from it etc. I just can't understand being seemingly obsessed with ap's progress or lack of when you don't live here. to the point of brutal criticisms...if you have ever spent any time looking at the APP comments you know what i mean. newbee seems to inhabit this realm. is it some sort of spiritual seeking? some sort of quest/expectation...im not sure..but there is something seriously dysfunctional in expecting anything outside of ourselves for some sort of promised land. the obsession with ap is as wacked to me as the obsession with springsteen. don't get me wrong, i can still sing every word to thunder road, but i am not a teen anymore. hes just a singer. i just don't get it. if you are so infatuated with the place, come live here. if you are afraid to follow your love, join the many in sadland. if you delight in the failure of this place or any other....you are too sad for words. your lack of soul isn't asbury's problem. you won't find it here or anyplace else. sit with yourself. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan Wolff got alot of stuff wrong in his book. Particularly about > the KKK. Didn't even belong in a book about Asbury. > > I recall in one chapter he foreshadows that there is alot comming up > about it, then he only talks about activiity in other towns. > > Complete BS to make that connection. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Gabrielle Obre" > <gabrielleobre@> wrote: > > > > > > "I think Dan Wolf nails it pretty well here. Read the first four > pages: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader? > ie=UTF8&p=S00F&asin=1582345090 > > It's not the past, it's the promise." > > > > i don't have time to give your thoughts time right now. thanks so > much > > for them, always a pleasure to read your posts. > > > > i have a copy of wolf's book with a marker half way through (like > many > > of my books). i remember being a little blown away by it and will > have > > to start it again. just the first couple a paragraphs reminded me > of > > what i am in for. i am too dismissive of others' expectations for > this > > place. but in that idea of "promise" there is a massive discussion > > about what it is simply to be a human being in our world. maybe > there > > is a reason ap is a sort of vortex for that searching. > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
