Another's Take on the Wake

I read a friend of mine a passage out of Finnegans Wake, actually the passage i chose to recite at the FW reading our class held. "Return sainted youngling and walk once more among us. The rains of Demani are masikal as of yere, and Baraza is all aflower. Seeker of calmy days, as shiver as shower can be". His reaction was more or less the same as Sarah's reaction which invloved, "that is gibberish. I can write nonsensical words on a page, but this guy can actually make money off of this shit?" And when he found out this was considered to be one of the great novels of the modern world, he nearly lost it. Long story short, he did not understand what i read. Not that i completely understood what it was. But after i told him to close his eyes and just listen, he seemed to relax a bit, even laugh. Which is what its all about, enjoying the moment, it doens't matter whether you understand everything, just enjoy the fact that its there. I believe this to be the central tenant of FW, i could be totally wrong, but i enjoy the fact that Joyce took such an unusual approach and actually had the balls to publish something he knew would most likely get crucified in its reviews. Enjoy enjoy enjoy.