"...you had to admit that it was nice to be without a body for a while; there was an addictive thrill in being of no age, no gender, with no past. It was an infinite sequence of opening portals, of menus and corridors that let you into brief, painless encounters, where what passed for life was a listless kind of browsing. World without consequence, amen. And in it she felt light as an angel."
T. Winton (2002), Dirt Music p4. Australia: Picador.
Something to do with the internet? Is it about pseudos faking and making up artificial fronts to attract attention?
2007-01-09 13:19:30 · 4 answers · asked by yakuza619 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It seems that the author is trying to tell you about a world without consequence. How it would be doing anything you wanted without any punishment. And that there are a million ways that you can do this briefly everyday. And when a girl was in it t felt like there was no wrong that could be done thus meaning that life just might be easier without consequence.
2007-01-09 13:29:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would agree it could be the Internet, a place where you don't have to be what people expect and can browse into other life styles without consequences. No one know yous so no one expects any thing from you or has predetermined what you should act like based on what you've done before.
2007-01-09 13:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by krissy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not at all. It is how one feels about themselves at certain points of their life. Emptying self, making choices that are without penalty. Pain does not touch you and you have many feelings of lightness
2007-01-09 13:57:28 · answer #3 · answered by lakelover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It perfectly describes someone having an "out of body" experience.
I don't think it has anything to do with the internet.
2007-01-13 06:34:48 · answer #4 · answered by nova30180 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋