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Attachments

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Francois Lachance

A found poem from the stuck-together words youLike skyThat andYou Sarah Dowling “Everyone Sleep” Down And so for day 3172 18.08.2015

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Treasure

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Francois Lachance

“Well, it was my fault,” explained Wilfred again. “I was looking for gold and I got stuck. Mr Apple had to rescue me and then we got lost. And Mr Apple’s leg hurt so much, we had to come back … Continue reading →

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The Abode of Two Bodies

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Jean-François LyotardThe Postmodern Explained Oriented to the world within and without: [Claude] Lefort [in an article about the novel 1984*] uses the name of the body to designate the two entities Merleau-Ponty tried to consider together in The Visible and … Continue reading →

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Composition and Conversation

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Francois Lachance

From a letter to a friend … Camera in hand or not, would you consider the interplay of framing as a dance with the object of contemplation, a dance that supports remembering the object of contemplation? I am led […] … Continue reading →

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How, What & Where

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Donald Culross PeattieAn Almanac for Moderns“December Fifteenth” Three questions … three wishes. A philosopher with a biological turn of mind has to ask himself three questions. How does life do what it does? What is it made of and how … Continue reading →

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Loop Behaviour & Representations

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Brenda LaurelComputers as Theatre – Second Edition Representation as triggers for action (one senses the ghost of ideology critique) … [Page 212] Rob Tow says that the defining characteristic of an “entity” is that it demonstrates a “perception-representation-action” (PRA) loop … Continue reading →

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Over the Moon

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Francois Lachance

A detail from a calendar from the Dairy Farmers of Canada. I like how the image of the cow is positioned as jumping over the full moon. And so for day 315431.07.2015

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By Night or By Day

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Edgar Allan PoeEleonora Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Found on a Baci wrapper with versions in Italian, English, German and French. And so for day 315229.07.2015

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Looking by Listening to Names

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Robin Wall KimmererGathering Moss Attentiveness alone can rival the most powerful magnifying lens. The essay goes on to consider the intimacy that informs attentiveness, an intimacy mediated by nomenclature. And so for day 315128.07.2015

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Interpretation & Rhetoric

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Francois Lachance

Reading approaches composition… An Aristotelian rhetoric is a rhetoric of interpretation. Such a rhetoric brings composing close to the activity of reading. Ellen QuandahlAristotle’s Rhetoric: Reinterpreting InventionRhetorical Review Vol. 4 No. 2 (Jan 1986) And so for day 314825.07.2015

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