Six Degrees Of Separation Page #6

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It mirrors like a fun-house mirror,

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and amplifies like a distorted speaker

one of the great tragedies of our times -

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the death of the imagination.

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Because what else is paralysis?

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The imagination has been

so debased that imagination...

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being imaginative, rather than

being the linchpin of our existence,

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now stands as a synonym for

something outside ourselves.

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Like science fiction.

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Or some new use for tangerine slices

on raw pork chops -

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"What an imaginative summer recipe."

And iStar Wars/i - "so imaginative".

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And iStar Trek/i - "so imaginative".

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And iLord of the Rings,/i

all those dwarves - "so imaginative".

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The imagination has moved out

of the realm of being our link,

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our most personal link, with our inner

lives and the world outside that world,

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this world we share.

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What is schizophrenia

but a horrifying state

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where what's in here

doesn't match what's out there?

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Why has imagination

become a synonym for style?

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I believe the imagination

is the passport that we create

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to help take us into the real world.

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I believe the imagination is merely another

phrase for what is most uniquely us.

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Jung says "The greatest sin

is to be unconscious."

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Our boy Holden says "What scares me

most is the other guy's face."

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"It wouldn't be so bad

if you could both be blindfolded."

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Most of the time, the faces that we face

are not the other guys', but our own faces.

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And it is the worst kind of yellowness

to be so scared of yourself

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that you put blindfolds on

rather than deal with yourself.

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To face ourselves - that's the hard thing.

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The imagination...

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that's God's gift to make

the act of self-examination bearable.

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Well...

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Indeed.

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- I hope your muggers read every word.

- i(Ouisa laughs)/i Oh, darling!

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I'm going to buy iCatcher in the Rye/i

at the airport and read it.

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- Cover to cover.

- I'll test you.

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- I should be going.

- Where will you stay?

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Oh, no, not some fleabag.

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No, no, no. I get into the Sherry tomorrow

morning. It's not far off. I can walk around.

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- I don't think they'll mug me twice.

- You'll stay here tonight.

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No. I have to be at the hotel at 7 am sharp.

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- We'll get you up.

- Or Dad will have a fit.

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Up at 6.15, which is any moment now.

And we have that wedding.

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- There's an alarm by the bed.

- Your feet may hang over the edge...

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- If it's any problem...

- The only problem is if you leave.

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6.15? I'll tiptoe out.

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- And we want to be in iCats./i

- Oh, Flan!

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- It's done!

- I'll fly back... with my wife.

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Well... Pushy, both of you.

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You're not. Dad said I could be in charge

of the extras. That's all I can promise.

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- In cat suits?

- No, you can be humans.

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That's very important. It has to be

in our contracts. We are humans.

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We haven't got any business done.

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Oh, forget it.

It was just an evening at home.

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Whatever you do,

don't think about elephants.

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- Did I intrude?

- No.

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There are all ways of doing business.

Flan, walk me to the elevator.

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We embraced, and Flan and Geoffrey left.

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- Let me clean up.

- No, no. Please leave it.

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- Nobody comes in on Sunday.

- No. Yvonne'll be in on Tuesday.

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- You'll have every bug in Christendom.

- Let me.

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No! You watch.

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It gives me a thrill to be looked at.

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- Ouisa! He's in.

- He's in?

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For two million.

Says the Czanne is a great investment.

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We should get six million for it

and sell it for ten.

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Happy days! Oh, God!

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- Oh, break all those dishes!

- $2,000,000?

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Figure it out. He doesn't have the price

of dinner, but he can cough up $2,000,000.

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- And the Japanese will go to ten.

- Go to ten? Ten million?

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Two million, go to ten,

and we put up nothing.

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- Nothing?

- No.

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Wildest dreams. Oh, God, Paul. Money.

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- Take $50.

- Oh, no.

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- It's walking-around money.

- I don't need it.

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- What if your father's plane is late?

- A billionth of a per cent commission.

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I wouldn't want one of my kids

stuck in the street without a nickel.

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Your kids said you were an art dealer, but

you have no gallery. I don't understand.

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Come here.

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- Some people want to sell privately.

- Divorce, taxes, publicity...

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- People ask me for certain schools.

- Modern, Impressionist...

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- They don't want museums to know.

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