RE: GG: wish lust

[Kevin Schneider <Kevin.Schneider@shlgroup.com>]

Make sure not to fully swear, there could be adults reading this.....  
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	william brooke [SMTP:wbrooke@uniserve.com]
> Sent:	Friday, April 03, 1998 4:11 PM
> To:	Williamson, Mark
> Cc:	gould
> Subject:	Re: GG: wish lust
> 
> > With all due respect, what a bunch of horses--t.  It is perfectly OK
> to
> > have sex.  Nothing to be embarrassed about.  Really.
> 
> agreed. it is perfectly all right to have sex. nobody's business but
> your
> own. 
> 
> >I agree.  I find it a bit over the top to elevate GG to "God" status
> 
> as do i; the intention was not as such, nor was it to belittle persons
> who (gasp!) indulge in sex. we're biological, after all. i do my
> best to be chaste, but it goes against the very grain of humanity
> inherited from the monkeys...
> 
> >and have the sense that celibacy was somehow "right" for him.  IMHO,
> much
> >of the case that he made for "solitude", "north" or whatever ends up
> >looking like an elaborate rationalization for his self-imposed
> physical
> >isolation.
> >GG was unique in many ways, but he was human;  one could reasonably
> >assume that he had a sex drive and probably some sexual interaction.
> >It's also clear that he wasn't at all comfortable discussing those
> things
> >or having others do the same.
> 
> comfortable isn't the issue, although you're absolutely right--gould 
> could very well have been squirming in his pants to stop such talk. 
> 
> i agree with you furthermore that celibacy does seem right for mr.
> gould.
> as far as artists whom i respect go, this is an exceedingly rare
> quality.
> this feel goes some distance in actualizing his ideal way of life,
> which,
> to me, is mildly interesting. although i'm an entirely secular person,
> i endeavor to live my life religiously--that is, with adherence to my
> ideal way of life--where i feel best, reap the most joy from life, can
> 
> accomplish the most, and feel revolution. i think that gg's views are
> vastly different from my own, but in the arena of love/lust there may
> be
> some crossover.
> 
> even among my peers (who do their best to be productive, and not 
> promiscuous, even with so much to shoot for) i know none who hold
> such a view as to provide companion to my own convictions on the
> matter. as such, i'd be interested to see if gould's view on the
> subject was as hopelessly unrealistic as my own. 
> 
> as far as i can see, there's not enough conclusive proof on gould's
> ideals to fill me in (at least in this arena)--he was a private
> fellow--and hence my wish list request. right or wrong, i'd like to
> know about his ideals. 
> 
> if anyone has any information, please share. 
> 
> merry part,
> 
> will