i remember a professor once waxing on about when reading or writing significant literature, every angle, sentence and even word should matter and be carefully selected and crafted. after attempting this a time or a hundred i concluded it unreasonable and discarded the advice as pedantic nonsense. my process became one of throwing buckets of words on a stack and pointing to the tangible pile in the morning, clapping my hands and exclaiming "all done." then, later, i would read someone else's pile of words, like percy here, and see how mud hut my construction appeared in contrast. and then even later you finally get what that doddering old prof was prattling on about. moviegoer's creation came from such loins and each angle, sentence and word carries imagery and observation and in the end you not only see the world but also feel it and know it with unexpected realism and clarity. simply, percy's skillful use of language should leave you dumbfounded. but allow me to qualify that by adding in order to get dumbfounded one must slow down their mind and read in an almost tantric state, letting the words move them and not the other way around as is our compulsion. because when absorbed properly it's like riding atop a verbal mosh pit and someone keeps grabbing your ass.