Necromancy & Divination

Joan Didion and the Sacred Art of the Futile

By the time I arrive at section III, “Women”, I’ve not only put off the waking with the old need to string words together almost too long, but more importantly, I’ve also found myself full-out-flail-running into a quicksand swamp: B is right—we can never escape ideas. Furthermore, these ideas endlessly recycle themselves, reincarnating constantly into varying illusions; a superficial rendering of Life Itself.