6/5

reconstruction of the book by going back through the notes and documenting additions etc
the difference between different types of additions —

some that form part of the normal flow of writing (fit in)
some that are parenthetical asides —
some that complete quotations etc —

many of which can’t be completed because I don’t have any idea of what I was referring to

the way I keep cycling to the structure — as I finish the above I consider it should be a book page at the beginning of reflections if I go that backward route (this note falls between category 1 and 2)
a page in time (this is type one as an addition to the notes)
I cross a page boundary
the differences I can no longer construct between complete thought sequences and things written at different times — normally a line between segments indicates a break but it may simply be a contiguous change in thought pattern or it may be nearly a day

all of the above written at one shot — this after a couple of minutes of reflecting — looking back at yesterdays notes the first parts written at intervals and then ending with a long sequence which would come at the beginning and which at the end

does it matter
can I ever complete this
(T. Andrews — Inquiry) <barth>
in trying to write a complete autobiography can one catch up with himself or herself — itself — the details could grow greater and greater until one reached the point of the actual writing — the description of which would then cycle on itself

I am now I just wrote
this line that line

minute details — clogged sinuses — feeling of ill health — drinking coffee
finished all of Art in America 6/86 yesterday started Structural Anthropology and The Mind’s I which doesn’t seem to live up to the possibilities as Hofstadter in general — decided not to reread High Priest although I may read the section on Burroughs — still haven’t finished Plexus which I like a lot but can’t seem to keep going in