In review of my blog post "The Void" I feel that I left some large stones unturned and upon further musings about this topic, discovered my error. I wish to add that I feel what an author like Nabokov, one concerned with all the rays of light illuminating this small slice of existence, would have wanted. Nabokov, as well as Calvino and Kafka, certainly wish that this time of light, the illumination of our position hanging above the abyss, should be spent in time of study, engaging our sight with every detail of every moment-- as is evident in the captions of Nabokov. We should leave no small glance in the trash bin, no "unimportant" detail left considered "unimportant", no large boulder, as well as grain of sand, unturned. One of the ways to pursue this scrutinizing eye is to follow the words of the birds who roam Pala in Auldous Huxley's "Island": "Attention! Attention! Attention!". Only with this attention and awareness that is deeper than a glancing eye can a viewer pursue illuminating this slice of life between darkness and changing our views from those seen by candlelight to those seen under the rays of the sun.
*"Attention" to good writing, notes, and authorial decisions!
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