Farewell Vonnegut
I know by now that the death of Kurt Vonnegut is old news and, as a nation, we are in the midst of dealing with a national tragedy in Virginia, but it would be a shame for the IRT not to give a nod to the cantankerous funnyman who was one of America’s leading literary figures and intellectuals. My fondest memory of Vonnegut’s writing was discovering Cat’s Cradle on the nine hour flight home from Hawaii in 2003. I went to attend the wedding of a college friend (they are divorced now which is a story for another blog). Reuniting with my college friends really brought the novel’s concept of karass (keeping it simple – a karass is a group of people –at least 2- who are brought together more or less by fate for a particular reason) into focus. In a long interview with Rolling Stone last summer Vonnegut said that what he wanted written on his tombstone was “music is all I need as proof for the existence of God”. Hope you are hearing some great tunes where you are, old soul.
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