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As Banal As Love

Last night Jim Harrison revealed that Salt Lake City’s stop on his book tour was one of three planned and that this would be his last junket to promote a book. He seemed a bit frail to me in some respects and I felt it a privilege to be there watching a man who I consider to be an American national literary treasure. He read some passages from his newest book along with a couple of poems. It was quite a pleasure, really.

At one point he made mention of human geography, the study of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earth’s surface. Paraphrasing, he said that the reasons of human distribution could range from economics to something as banal as love.

This was amusing to me. Those of you who know me well would understand. 

ah, the banality of love.

how something so banal and so trite can be so moving and so deeply felt is a wonder.

and how something so necessary can often be so dismissed (by some) is also a wonder.

great line. you know he was being sarcastic just by using those two words together. i love it.