@neilhimself I LOVE your meditations on America and American culture, but I a curious to what degree you see America as culturally monolithic. Have you ever spent any time in old New England?
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I don’t think of it as culturally monolithic at all. I’m with Wednesday when he talks about different countries united by the dollar. And define Old New England? Massachusetts?
You're right of course; "monolithic" was unfair. Nevertheless, AG seems to imply that the House on the Rock has a spiritual aesthetic that reflects the platonic vibe of America as a whole. (Is that fair?) As for "Old New England," I need more characters, but think colonial spook
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I think you might have inferred something that the book did not imply. Remember Wednesday's talk about how Seattle and New Orleans were different countries? And yes, Lexington Ma.
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I guess I misread The House on the Rock as sacred space reflective of America as a whole- my mistake. Let me put my New England question differently. Have you ever been anywhere in New England that could have served as an alternative setting for The Ocean at the End of the Lane?
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