Saturday, December 03, 2005
Scarry Revisionism
When Yin was Yin, and yang was yang...
When I was a child, one could tell a criminal by his obvious black mask. Lady cats, not Lileks cats, pushed the perambulator. Canoes were made of animal skins and piloted by Indians.
Here's an interesting side-by side comparison of the world presented to little children like me in the realy/mid-sixties, updated by Scarry himself 30 years later to reflect his time-softened views.
When I was a child, one could tell a criminal by his obvious black mask. Lady cats, not Lileks cats, pushed the perambulator. Canoes were made of animal skins and piloted by Indians.
Here's an interesting side-by side comparison of the world presented to little children like me in the realy/mid-sixties, updated by Scarry himself 30 years later to reflect his time-softened views.
