QlHERNESS IS NOT )"<1 hero. Qu.eme.. i. an id..lity, I'u, IDOIh..
woy, ...e ;ore no< ret qu«,. We nuy n,,,.... tooeh queem.... but we can f..1
•• the "'.."" ilIumin.¡lion of a honron imbueJ ilh poI.n'iility. We !uve
nover b.en queer, rol qu..me.. ex¡<I. fu, u 0 ideility thit can b. dio-
tillod from lh. f"S' and us<d 'o imagino a futuro. u.. futuro i. queeme.ú
<!onuin. Qu..me.. i•• >trucluring and odu«tod modo of de>iring thit il-
lo>.~ "' lo """ ""d feell>eyoOO the quagmire of ,he pre..n!. The h.", anJ
00... i. a pri><>n hou.., We mu,t >tri,"", in ,he f.¡ce of,he hero ""J now '. to,il-
izing ronJ.ring of ",ilil)', lo ,hin\; and feelal"'" ami th<rt, Sorne ",ill ""Y thit
ill we hi...... the pie.",,,,. of this moment, bul we must neve, ..ni< ro,
t1ut minimil ''''"'P"rt; "'"" must Jream anJ en.¡ct new and b.ne! ple»u",.,
othe, ..."Y' of l>eing in lhe orld, aud ultimate!)' new world~ Qu.em... i. a
longing ,lut prop<l. WI oo nI, l>eyond romances of,he negative anJ toiling
in ,he pros<nt. Queemes< i. ,lut thing t1u, lel> u. feel thit ,hi, ...orid iJI no!
enough, thit indood >omething iJI mis>ing, OOen "'.. can s1ímp"" ,he worlJ.
propo>ed and promiJlod by queeme.. in ,he ro.1m ofthe a..thetic. Tho <>es-
thotk, esp«iilly tho queer .."helie, fro<jYendy cont';", bluepríot. anJ..he-
mal.;¡ of. forwm:l-da"'TÚng futurity. Both ,he omouneoiil and ,he quotidian
can eontain a nup oftho ulopi.l t1ut i. que<mess. Tuming 'o tI>< .",tholk in
tho « .. of queem...i. nothiog ~ke ID ese.p< from tI>< ><Kiil ",ilm, iMOW
.. queer .."h.ti", nup futuro sociil re!a'ioO>. Queeme.. i••Iso. I"'rforma-
ID" bec.u.. it iJI no' >imply. l>eing but. <!oing f", and 1o...",J tb< futuro,
Queem... i. e.>enti.lUy .I>out the rejection of a bere .00 oow anJ an imio-
lenee on poteotiility o, cone""e po><ibilil)' fu, IDotb.....orid