Tuesday, April 24, 2012
You are here: Clearwater Beach
I once knew a guy...let me start over. A guy I knew was charged with teaching college freshmen something about how to write. Position papers were part of the syllabus. In order to provoke them, this guy, I'll call him Philly, presented the hypothesis that some clothing catalogs were pornographic because by showing the clothes without people in them they suggested the people without clothes.
He expected, of course, vehement refutations. Instead he got papers that tried to advance the idea.
Thinking this over, I wonder if this guy's past (undergrad physics major turned writer) gave form to his "theory" in the first place. Something like the absence of one thing proving the presence of another. Thoughts, California?
So here's some pornography. If you think I should get dressed already, tell me which one's your favorite.
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I'll forever look at catalogs (and clothing stores) in a new and wonderful way, although I can't agree entirely with the hypothesis. About the bikini... I want some time, even though the answer is clear.
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