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The homo-erotic corollary. This is for Bob Lindner. And with his insights he always goes smack like a wonderful comic figure (comic in the great sense) into the center of the problem, and then moves out again, or will until his Good Luck fails him, and Bob wants his Good Luck to fail him, and the Devil to take over. Kid, it’s [Paul] Verlaine and [Arthur] Rimbaud all over again.{{refn|[[w:Paul Verlaine|Verlaine]] (1844-1896), a major symbolist poet, took in [[w:Arthur Rimbaud|Rimbaud]] (1854-1891), an aspiring writer whose work prefigured surrealism after he left home at the age of 17. The two men had a tempestuous drug and alcohol-fueled romantic and literary relationship for two years. {{NM}} used their competitive/collaborative relationship, along with that of [[Lipton’s Journal/December 31, 1954/155|Marx and Friedrich Engels]], as provisional models for his with Lindner.}} | The homo-erotic corollary. This is for Bob Lindner. And with his insights he always goes smack like a wonderful comic figure (comic in the great sense) into the center of the problem, and then moves out again, or will until his Good Luck fails him, and Bob wants his Good Luck to fail him, and the Devil to take over. Kid, it’s [Paul] Verlaine and [Arthur] Rimbaud all over again.{{refn|[[w:Paul Verlaine|Verlaine]] (1844-1896), a major symbolist poet, took in [[w:Arthur Rimbaud|Rimbaud]] (1854-1891), an aspiring writer whose work prefigured surrealism after he left home at the age of 17. The two men had a tempestuous drug and alcohol-fueled romantic and literary relationship for two years. {{NM}} used their competitive/collaborative relationship, along with that of [[Lipton’s Journal/December 31, 1954/155|Marx and Friedrich Engels]], as provisional models for his with Lindner.}} | ||
{{del|Anyway, the homo-erotic corollary.}} I start with the premise that {{del|all people,}} all men and women are bi-sexual. I believe this is natural. It is true for animals, and it makes sense, for love is best when it’s unified (at last I find some agreement with analyst although what a difference) and when we love someone we {{del|should}}{{ins|would}} make love with them, {{del|or we would}} if society did not prevent it or make it so painful. Given my premise, the pure heterosexual is a cripple—society has completely submerged one half of {{del|the}}{{ins|his}} nature. | {{del|Anyway, the homo-erotic corollary.}} I start with the premise that {{del|all people,}} all men and women are bi-sexual. I believe this is natural. It is true for animals, and it makes sense, for love is best when it’s unified (at last I find some agreement with the analyst although what a difference) and when we love someone we {{del|should}}{{ins|would}} make love with them, {{del|or we would}} if society did not prevent it or make it so painful. Given my premise, the pure heterosexual is a cripple—society has completely submerged one half of {{del|the}}{{ins|his}} nature. | ||
And this is usually any originality of mind. So, too, is the pure homosexual—and I suspect that pure homosexuals are invariably very unfleshly. People like [André] Gide,{{refn|A major French novelist and autobiographer, [[w:André Gide|Gide]] (1869-1951) won the Nobel Prize in 1947. {{NM}} cited the influence of Gide’s ''Corydon'' (Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1924) on his self-interviews collected in ''[[The Presidential Papers]]'' (1963) and ''[[Cannibals and Christians]]'' (1966). One of the epigraphs to ''[[The Deer Park]]'' is Gide’s advice to his critics: “Please do not understand me too quickly.”}} Ivan Von Auw,{{refn|Literary agent (1903-91) at the Harold Ober Agency.}} etc. They are mind, they have denied their bodies, and sex is invariably painful to them, although in recompense their minds have saintly qualities. ({{ins|Gide and}} Gertrude Stein).{{refn|NM’s opinion of [[w:Gertrude Stein|Stein]] (1874-1946), one of modernism’s major figures, fluctuated over the years. He wrote of her androgynous appearance and relationship with Picasso in ''[[95.38|Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man]]''.}} | And this is usually any originality of mind. So, too, is the pure homosexual—and I suspect that pure homosexuals are invariably very unfleshly. People like [André] Gide,{{refn|A major French novelist and autobiographer, [[w:André Gide|Gide]] (1869-1951) won the Nobel Prize in 1947. {{NM}} cited the influence of Gide’s ''Corydon'' (Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1924) on his self-interviews collected in ''[[The Presidential Papers]]'' (1963) and ''[[Cannibals and Christians]]'' (1966). One of the epigraphs to ''[[The Deer Park]]'' is Gide’s advice to his critics: “Please do not understand me too quickly.”}} Ivan Von Auw,{{refn|Literary agent (1903-91) at the Harold Ober Agency.}} etc. They are mind, they have denied their bodies, and sex is invariably painful to them, although in recompense their minds have saintly qualities. ({{ins|Gide and}} Gertrude Stein).{{refn|NM’s opinion of [[w:Gertrude Stein|Stein]] (1874-1946), one of modernism’s major figures, fluctuated over the years. He wrote of her androgynous appearance and relationship with Picasso in ''[[95.38|Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man]]''.}} | ||