Marvelous vs. Ordinary

Marvelous vs. Ordinary
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Henry Miller's artistic collaboration with Anais Nin in 1930's Paris may have been the most imprtant relationship of his life prior to the birth of his children at Big Sur. Whereas Anais carried on a "search for the marvelous," Henry preferred to find the marvelous in the most ordinary things: "No harm, I say, can ever be done a great book by taking it with you to the toilet."(Black Spring Page 49.)