it will drive me mad, as you promised

[pipistrellafelix]

There is something about having properly curly hair that makes me feel like I can take on the world, & bedamned anyone who wants to get in my way. Also, goddamn but Arcadia is the most amazing play & just rocks my planet. I feel like I'm falling in love with the entire world when I'm onstage--and when I'm offstage, watching other people. God, theater....

Over the course of several bus rides yesterday & today I read J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey...the first part, "Franny," made me terribly discontent & upset, & then the second part, "Zooey," turned it around utterly & very nearly made me cry at parts, because it sounded so true. I think that's part of Salinger...you have to read him at just the right time for that story, or it does nothing for you. I've heard lots of people say that about Catcher in the Rye; for me, I happened to read it at exactly the right time for the story to resonate with me in the way I think it was intended to. F&Z was the same way. It shook me up a little, but ultimately it sounded true. I want to write true. Even if it's not real, I want to write truth. (Sometimes, you know, fiction is far truer than what really happened.)

ARCADIA opens Friday! Come see my show. I mean it. I've never meant it so much.

Comments

[branwen-sophia.livejournal.com]

so true. I read 'Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters' at an extremely precise moment in time...

[elanor-two.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I haven't read that one. I might take a look for it, but I just bought myself F&Z yesterday to read it again & I think I might take Salinger one at a time. We'll see.

[branwen-sophia.livejournal.com]

:-D yeah, limited doses can be good - I couldn't stand catcher in the rye for some reason...obviously I missed the moment!

Also, I may or may not be talking about 'Seymour' but then again they come in one volume, so it's much the same.

[elanor-two.livejournal.com]

i'll take a look at it. we'll see. i sort of realized the other day that i can read whatever i want now that school's out. yay!