Rereading Steppenwolf

3/22/2022 Aiming for Pablo arriving at Harry, at last

We forget we’ve been alive before — our thoughts are older than us

Its good to remember other people have gotten old — faced their unique infirmities — and still — for a moment their Theater opened

FOR MADMEN ONLY

(MADPERSONS)

How did Hesse write about our post-WWII condition with such clarity? Published 1927 and yet — and yet

Is not the Golden track the same Harry Glimpsed? Has our ability to see the subtle hues — the gauche rainbow changed? I think not —

Well, y’all here’s a link to the Public Domain lending library in case you want to see where on the lone wolf spectrum you lie:

https://archive.org/details/steppenwolf00hess_1

In the last week or so a few people have unsubscribed from gate(less) — I don’t blame them but it would be nice to get to 100 before my birthday 5/10 or 10/5 depending on which side of the gap you may lie — So if you are so moved, please share with those of a particular bend, those Wolves of the Steppes, always outside, always looking in.

Much, much love,

Con/Jur/d, 3/22/2022