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From: Aptimber at aol.com <Aptimber>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:59:06 EDT
Hi all!
My memories of Alice began as a child. My parents had a copy of my great-grandmother's Alice on the bookshelf. Because it was extremely old, and pages were falling out, I was very curious about it. So one day I read it. (I don't remember how old I was
-- probably around 12, and anyway, I loved to read -- I read everything.) I remember being transfixed by the issue of size. Alice is too large to get into tiny places and too small to reach for the things she needs. Being either too large or too small
was familiar to me, but this was a distortion of my experience (very dreamlike) and so, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It seemed so perfect. I think this was sheer genius -- it accurately represents what children experience all the time.
Thanks,
Amy Timberlake
Received on Tue 03 Oct 2000 02:59:06 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:59:06 EDT
Hi all!
My memories of Alice began as a child. My parents had a copy of my great-grandmother's Alice on the bookshelf. Because it was extremely old, and pages were falling out, I was very curious about it. So one day I read it. (I don't remember how old I was
-- probably around 12, and anyway, I loved to read -- I read everything.) I remember being transfixed by the issue of size. Alice is too large to get into tiny places and too small to reach for the things she needs. Being either too large or too small
was familiar to me, but this was a distortion of my experience (very dreamlike) and so, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It seemed so perfect. I think this was sheer genius -- it accurately represents what children experience all the time.
Thanks,
Amy Timberlake
Received on Tue 03 Oct 2000 02:59:06 PM CDT
