Gothic Dreamwork 46

Here is an inconvenience from the Gothic tradition.This writer tells her readers that any change which is not pure can be considered Gothic, and her statement is quite problematic:

• Pure to whom?
• What kind of change?
• Mysterious to whom? Are all mysteries inconvenient? (Of course not!)
• What about Gothic Conveniences?

Gothic Dreamwork 46

That change which exhibits a state distinct from pure,

this vision is a mysterious monument.