Category Archives: Transcriptions

Hum Along

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Speaking to oneself is cured by singing As if the sad soul were stammering … Found in a notebook entry dated October 16, 2004, an entry on interior monologue (its displacement by “vocalization of a mesmerizing tune”). And a year … Continue reading →

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Queer Sighting

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Francois Lachance

The back cover of the programme of events for Queer Sites held May 13-15, 1993 at New College, University of Toronto, has a lovely “poem” on the back that fascinates me because of its enjambement. HOMOACADEMICA QUERYING THE QUEER SEX … Continue reading →

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Winnowing

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Found inscribed in the flyleaf of a copy of Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We translated by Mirra Ginsburg No wonder the Russians can’t grow wheat — they’re too busy writing. The sentence concludes a longish encomium. I like its wryness. And so … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Situational Focus

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Francois Lachance

The Toronto Semiotic Circle Bulletin Volume 2, Number 1, 1994 (ISSN-1197-1231) “Commonplaces and Situation: The ‘Subjective’ Nature of Discourse Revisited” by Paul Perron, Jan Gordon and Marcel Danesi How does SF [situational focusing] work? In a certain sense, SF is … Continue reading →

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Hopes and Desires

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Francois Lachance

A tiny slip of paper with tiny script upon which is a sort of list headed by “time space + mind” and in slightly larger letters semiotic migration & fractal osmosis ========= a mindfully global       village and swirling around this … Continue reading →

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Series

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Francois Lachance

As a person deeply interested in narrative sequences and multi-modal sensory translation, I recorded this in a little notebook back on September 8, 1997. Mihailo Markovic Dialectical Theory of Meaning D. Reidel Publishing 1984. Preface to the English Edition xxviii … Continue reading →

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Chance Catches

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Francois Lachance

A note book entry dated July 30, 1997, produced under the rubric of DICE INCISIONS In trying to explain […] to […] I’ve come across an interesting if not highly intriguing formulation: the producting [sic] of randomness in a literary … Continue reading →

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Swamped and Swallowed

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Francois Lachance

From July 1997, two entries that at this remove in time echo each other nicely — they have a common theme of arrangement and its consequences. First an entry about car culture: 2/07/97 Heard this on the radio recently: Walt … Continue reading →

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Interlocking Interactivity

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Sometimes thought processes are just weird. This bit comes from a long rambling entry in the main about freelancing and various projects I want to write a quick popular guide to a concept I call “interlocking interactivity” — basically planning … Continue reading →

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CMC Old-style

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Francois Lachance

There are some keen pleasures for the telnet set … Yred played mute on Stingray. no .talk but lots of actions [.emote] and .think It was rather delightful. Pleased arora & midnite nicely. A quick May 5, 1997 jotting in … Continue reading →

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