Margins
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EdwardwasexplainingtoCarlaboutmargins."Thewidthofthemarginshowsculture,aestheticismandasenseofvaluesorthelackofthem,"hesaid."Averywideleftmarginshowsanimpracticalpersonofcultureandrefinementwithadeepappreciationforthebestinartandmusic.Whereas,"Edwardsaid,quotinghishandwritinganalysisbook,"whereas,narrowleftmarginsshowtheopposite.Noleftmarginatallshowsapracticalnature,awholesomeeconomyandagenerallackofgoodtasteinthearts.Averywiderightmarginshowsapersonafraidtofacereality,oversensitivetothefutureandgenerallyapoormixer."
"Idontbelieveinit,"Carlsaid.
"Now,"Edwardcontinued,"withreferencetoyoursignthere,youhaveanall-aroundwidemarginwhichshowsapersonofextremelydelicatesensibilitieswithloveofcolorandform,onewhoholdsalooffromthemultitudeandlivesinhisowndreamworldofbeautyandgoodtaste."
"Areyousureyougotthatright?"
"Imcommunicatingwithyou,"Edwardsaid,"acrossavastgulfofignoranceanddarkness."
"Ibroughtthedarkness,isthattheidea?"Carlasked.
"Youbroughtthedarkness,youblackmother,"Edwardsaid."Funky,man."
"Edward,"Carlsaid,"forGodssake."
"Whydidyouwriteallthatjazzonyoursign,Carl?Why?Itsnottrue,isit?Isit?"
"Itskindoftrue,"Carlsaid.Helookeddownathisbrownsandwichboards,whichsaid:IWasPutInJailinSelbyCountyAlabamaForFiveYearsForStealingADollarandAHalfWhichIDidNotDo.WhileIWasInJailMyBrotherWasKilled&MyMotherRanAwayWhenIWasLittle.InJailIBeganPreaching&IPreachtoPeopleWhereverICanBearingtheWitnessofEschatologicalLove.IHaveFilledOutPapersforJobsButNobodyWillGiveMeaJobBecauseIHaveBeenInJail&TheWholeSceneIsVeryDreary,PepsiCola.INeedYourOfferingstoGetFood.PatentAppliedFor&DeliverUsFromEvil."Itstrue,"Carlsaid,"withakindofmerde-yinnertruthwhichshinesforthastheobjectivecorrelativeofwhatactuallydidhappen,backhome."
"Now,lookatthewayyoumadethatmandthatnthere,"Edwardsaid."Thetopsarepointedratherthanrounded.Thatindicatesaggressivenessandenergy.Thefactthattheyrealsopointedratherthanroundedatthebottomindicatesasarcastic,stubbornandirritablenature.SeewhatImean?"
"Ifyousayso,"Carlsaid.
"Yourcapitalsareverysmall,"Edwardsaid,"indicatinghumility."
"Mymotherwouldbepleased,"Carlsaid,"ifsheknew."
"Ontheotherhand,theexcessivesizeoftheloopsinyouryandyourgdisplayexaggerationandegoism."
"Thatsalwaysbeenoneofmyproblems,"Carlanswered.
"Whatsyourwholename?"Edwardasked,leaningagainstabuilding.TheywereonFourteenthStreet,nearBroadway.
"CarlMariavonWeber,"Carlsaid.
"Areyouadrugaddict?"
"Edward,"Carlsaid,"youareaswinger."
"AreyouaMuslim?"
Carlfelthislonghair."HaveyoureadTheMysteryofBeing,byGabrielMarcel?Ireallylikedthatone.Ithoughtthatonewasfine."
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