Slow Pilgrim<\/a>, 278) writes, <\/p>\n\u201cSo much, of course, depends upon your own<\/p>\n
willingness to find something worthy here,<\/p>\n
even as you bring \u2013 as you must \u2013 something<\/p>\n
worthy to the effort. So much of what<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
is worthy wants always to struggle toward<\/p>\n
agreeable repose, requires grateful <\/p>\n
coupling of a willing one with an also<\/p>\n
willing other.\u201d<\/p>\n
I hesitate to comment. Commentary will be mere paraphrase, perhaps plagiarism. Still, ticking a few things I like: The need for prior receptivity, a willingness to find something worthy; the reciprocity of reading, the need to bring<\/em> something worthy; the union of willing ones, a union that requires gratitude; the mutual struggle that leads to post coital repose; the erotic model of reading. <\/p>\nWell, let\u2019s just say: I like everything here.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the middle stanzas of \u201cErotikos Logos,\u201d watching someone else reading, Scott Cairns (Slow Pilgrim, 278) writes, \u201cSo much, of course, depends upon your own willingness to find something worthy here, even as you bring \u2013 as you must \u2013 something worthy to the effort. So much of what is worthy wants always to struggle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731,1715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading","category-scott-cairns"],"yoast_head":"\n
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