Another excellent exploration of What Its All About by Mr Magical Realism With footnotesSo whats it all about this book thats about What Its All About Its about Edward and Infinity and well as noted in footnote 66The term growing up seems to have the connotation of some sort of existence that has the sense of a final arrival point God how many times is that question asked in school What are you going to be when you grow up As though somehow what you are right then isnt valid To answer such a question with a statement like Im going to be what I am now a human being would bring from people very curious if not frightened looks Only when ones identity is linked to a role does one have validity or selfworth Edward was constantly either baffled or amused by this question of what one was going to be when one grew up Its like wondering what a crow or dog or willow tree is going to be when they grow up Its as though we are asked to be anything else other than what we areas if what we are already simply is not good enough So that growing up occurs at the point when you have finally become something other than what you really are Strange strange indeedThis book is a roadmap to the awakening of the American Mind from the introduction by Jay Lake__________Lots of footnotesI mean lots of footnotesEven footnotes to footnotes And hyperlinks