[HPforGrownups] Re: Average Harry?

[dragonsbloodmoon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18876

In a message dated 5/16/2001 12:37:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
naama_gat at hotmail.com writes:


> I think that that is the true experience of magic - seeing the 
> extraordinary *in* the ordinary. Like when you look at a view you see 
> every day, and suddenly, because of a change in the light, or a 
> moment of quiet, you realize that it is glorious. For one fleeting 
> moment you sense that there is no such thing as the mundane. 
> (To Ebony - it's not like finding the one four-leaved clover, more 
> like suddenly realizing that they are ALL four-leaved.)
> 
> For me, that's the main appeal of JKR's vision. The magical is not 
> beyond - long ago or years from now, in far lands or deep within the 
> sea, in an alternative universe or in Alpha Centauri. It's right 
> here, under our very noses - you just need to cross the right barrier 
> at the train station, enter a grungy little pub, just look at things 
> properly - and it's there.
> 

This is very beautiful. Thank you for sharing it, Naama.  :-)

Toby


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