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SHORTS ON SHORTNESS OF LIFE
To judge a book by its cover, this one is an homage to Jenny Holzer. Holzer on screen and cityscape (from the days of Truisms) and George Murray in book work (Glimpse) trade in aphorisms. One of my favourites from … Continue reading
Do you want to be my friend?
We were gossiping about a luminary looking for a companion and the conversation turned to the nature of friendship … A friend can save you from your better self. But notice that the crossing over from capability to action depends … Continue reading
Speeding
This poet reminds me of Suzanne Buffam of the “Little Commentaries” section of The Irrationalist. A distinguishing characteristic is the turn. Here is one in full — I like how the title reads as a first line so that the … Continue reading
Another Take on “cures”
After glossing the lines from Zbigniew Herbert “Chord” as translated by Alissa Valles and found in The Collected Poems 1956-1998 (a good memory cures/ the scar of a loss leaves), I revisit some old lines. Maxims Against Idolatry The weaver … Continue reading
Winnowing
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
Positions and Transpositions
from a while ago, a question snuck in a declaration… the will to write is in part a will to dialogue, is it a will to fracture the self into various listening and speaking positions from sometime in 1997 And … Continue reading
Who Profits?
Always ask “Cui bono?” Style is mighty pleasant for those who benefit from it, but not always rewarding for those who make and live by its necessarily strict rules. Lillian Hellman from Pentimento And so for day 592 27.07.2008
Adage
Snatched in a moment of mania… still pondering its possibilities Skill may be the capacity to manipulate perceptions of knowledge. Magic is. And so for day 591 26.07.2008
Typing
Yolande Villemaire La Vie en prose (Montreal: Les Herbes Rouges, 1980) L’acte de dactylographier est un mudra. And so for day 478 04.04.2008
Cartographic Vector
It dawned upon me that Spam is Maps spelt backwards. And so for day 476 02.04.2008