"Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac

Thanks, Will. Fascinating. I didn't know Jack Kerouac was from Canada.

Linda


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 > Thanks, Will. Fascinating. I didn't know Jack Kerouac was from Canada.
 >
He wasn't. There was a large population of French speaking people living in
New England earlier in the last century; first and second generation
immigrants who had migrated from Qubec in the later part of the 19th century
mostly in search of jobs in the textile millls. That was the population into
which he was born (in Massachussetts).
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  >> "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac
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 >If you'd seen the link... you'd see it *was* visual arts... it's a
 >painting by Jack Kerouac.
 >Will

And an interesting one at that. I can't make halos
or wings of the angel figure, but couldn't help
noticing the Christian symbolism in the treatment
of the windows. In light of all the interest in
Islam these days, have to wonder about that crescent
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   > >> "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac
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  > >If you'd seen the link... you'd see it *was* visual arts... it's a
  > >painting by Jack Kerouac.
  > >Will
 >
 > And an interesting one at that. I can't make halos
 > or wings of the angel figure, but couldn't help
 > noticing the Christian symbolism in the treatment
 > of the windows. In light of all the interest in
 > Islam these days, have to wonder about that crescent
 > moon too.

The painting was made at least 40 years ago, also... taking into
account Kerouac's well-documented Anti-Semitism in later years, there
are other layers of meaning, also.
Will

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   > >> "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac
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cheers DeleteThis @dontemailme.com (C. Zun Skretene):
 > And an interesting one at that. I can't make halos
 > or wings of the angel figure, but couldn't help
 > noticing the Christian symbolism in the treatment
 > of the windows. In light of all the interest in
 > Islam these days, have to wonder about that crescent
 > moon too.


The apparent wings of the figure echo the laundry drying on
the line and flapping in the wind, curiously insisted upon
by being presented in three different places. The windows,
with their crosses, give light yet are themselves opaque:
we see nothing in them. The crosses remind me of the dark
openings in the faceplates of old suits of armor. From them,
and the dark fence of property below, the laundry, the angel
and the moon escape or yearn to escape upward.

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   > > >> "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac
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 > cheers RemoveThis @dontemailme.com (C. Zun Skretene):
  > > And an interesting one at that. I can't make halos
  > > or wings of the angel figure, but couldn't help
  > > noticing the Christian symbolism in the treatment
  > > of the windows. In light of all the interest in
  > > Islam these days, have to wonder about that crescent
  > > moon too.
 >
 >
 > The apparent wings of the figure echo the laundry drying on
 > the line and flapping in the wind, curiously insisted upon
 > by being presented in three different places. The windows,
 > with their crosses, give light yet are themselves opaque:
 > we see nothing in them. The crosses remind me of the dark
 > openings in the faceplates of old suits of armor. From them,
 > and the dark fence of property below, the laundry, the angel
 > and the moon escape or yearn to escape upward.

That's Kerouac in a nutshell.
Will

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  > > dockery58.DeleteThis@yahoo.com says...
   > > > >> "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac
   > > > >>
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  > >
  > > cheers.DeleteThis@dontemailme.com (C. Zun Skretene):
   > > > And an interesting one at that. I can't make halos
   > > > or wings of the angel figure, but couldn't help
   > > > noticing the Christian symbolism in the treatment
   > > > of the windows. In light of all the interest in
   > > > Islam these days, have to wonder about that crescent
   > > > moon too.
  > >
  > >
  > > The apparent wings of the figure echo the laundry drying on
  > > the line and flapping in the wind, curiously insisted upon
  > > by being presented in three different places. The windows,
  > > with their crosses, give light yet are themselves opaque:
  > > we see nothing in them. The crosses remind me of the dark
  > > openings in the faceplates of old suits of armor. From them,
  > > and the dark fence of property below, the laundry, the angel
  > > and the moon escape or yearn to escape upward.
 >
 > That's Kerouac in a nutshell.
 > Will
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if you'd like more visual material on Kerouac i;d suggest
Jack Kerouac's Romnibus which is free to download on
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.homeoftheunderdogs" target="_blank">www.homeoftheunderdogs</a> .something (look it up),
about 90Mb. They've taken out the videos but there still
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   > > > dockery58 DeleteThis @yahoo.com says...
   > > > > >> "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac
   > > > > >>
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   > > > cheers DeleteThis @dontemailme.com (C. Zun Skretene):
   > > > > And an interesting one at that. I can't make halos
   > > > > or wings of the angel figure, but couldn't help
   > > > > noticing the Christian symbolism in the treatment
   > > > > of the windows. In light of all the interest in
   > > > > Islam these days, have to wonder about that crescent
   > > > > moon too.
   > > >
   > > >
   > > > The apparent wings of the figure echo the laundry drying on
   > > > the line and flapping in the wind, curiously insisted upon
   > > > by being presented in three different places. The windows,
   > > > with their crosses, give light yet are themselves opaque:
   > > > we see nothing in them. The crosses remind me of the dark
   > > > openings in the faceplates of old suits of armor. From them,
   > > > and the dark fence of property below, the laundry, the angel
   > > > and the moon escape or yearn to escape upward.
  > >
  > > That's Kerouac in a nutshell.
  > > Will
  > >
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 > if you'd like more visual material on Kerouac i;d suggest
 > Jack Kerouac's Romnibus which is free to download on
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.homeoftheunderdogs" target="_blank">www.homeoftheunderdogs</a> .something (look it up),
 > about 90Mb. They've taken out the videos but there still
 > is a lot in there...drawings,photos,notebook scans and a whole novel...

Sounds good, thanks!
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