phoebe answers “Why read Finnegans Wake, when I know I...”

Arkapravo Bhaumik asked this question about Finnegans Wake:

Why read Finnegans Wake, when I know I will not understand anything? I ask those have read this literary behemoth, what was your motivation, and what did you finally grasp?

phoebe is there any art that anyone understands

you could read it like a series of riddles flowing into each other

you could read it like you would read a jack…moreis there any art that anyone understands

you could read it like a series of riddles flowing into each other

you could read it like you would read a jackson pollock painting

you could shred the book and assemble the fragments to perform divination

you could interrogate people who have read it as performance art

it's something that exists in the world and you can do whatever you want with that fact(less)

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