[MD] the Romantic/Classical split

[John Carl]

Marsha,


> John,
>
> If you are talking about man and woman, you might consider that not
> everyone is
> a part of a couple, or possibly not everyone is coupled throughout their
> entire life.
> The happily ever after part of the story is most often fantasy.
>
> The only sameness is the constant difference.
>
>
Even with the separation, the longing remains.  Heck, even with the union,
the longing remains.  It's the longing that is the constant.

 But we were discussing ZAMM and Lila, right?  Here's the difference then.
In ZAMM the longing is unspoken, in Lila, it's fulfilled.  In Lila, the
intellectual chemistry nerd discovers the steps of the dance.  That's the
metaphysical triumph of my understanding.

Of course, all this is only an analogy...