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                                             September 3, 2010


  At a fourth of July gathering on a boat
  in San Francisco's marina, I overheard a
  woman comment to her partner: "So, while
  I was analyzing the appeal of fireworks,
  what were you thinking about?"

  Analyzing the appeal of fireworks isn't something
  that's ever occurred to me to do.  Let's try:


      Night sky.

      Archetype?                    But if they aren't "archetypes",
                                    then what matters this to us?

      Changes rare.                      We don't watch the skies.
      Historically, treated as
      signs and portents, etc.

      Fireworks are striking
      because they resemble
      cosmic phenomena.


            Alt theory: fireworks are the weapons
            of war, tamed.  They have the cool,
            edgy appeal of violence, without the       Similarly, the
            associated fear or guilt.                  blue angels.



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