![]() ![]() In his interaction with Nakata, he emphasises several times ‘doing things in the right order’ going through the correct steps and then repeating. He is not doing something he wants to do or deriving any pleasure from it. Johnnie Walker discusses with Nakata this impersonal drive. It leads to its own ‘logical’ conclusion, which often turns out to be the exact opposite of the impulse that started it. ![]() ![]() Johnnie Walker appears to be the embodiment of that most ruthless force Namely the automated, unflinching and unrelenting ‘process’ A process that, once entrenched, can consume all. ‘Johnnie Walker’ is one of the more enigmatic characters in this novel As with ‘Colonel Sanders’, the other deeply ingrained product logo, they seem to be devices used to denote a ‘concept made visible’.Ĭolonel Sanders reinforces several times to Hoshino that he is neither a god, nor a buddha, he is a ‘metaphysical conceptual object.’ Logical steps, blindly repeating the rule An all-consuming machine. All the while, there is the pressing danger that unyielding ‘process’ will sweep it away. The creative spark finds it’s well-spring in the other world It needs to be nurtured and channeled through, into our world. No, not ‘good’ versus ‘evil’ More, the blossoming of the creative impulse versus the relentless onslaught of blind process. The central theme of this book seems to me to be that age old struggle. ![]()
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