Tag Archives: Ludwig Wittgenstein

think twice it’s alright

Integration. Synthesis. C’mon Bob, those redemptive qualities of the Pickwick gift certificates put you only halfway up the staircase. We may distinguish both true and false needs. “False” are those which are superimposed upon the individual by particular social interests … Continue reading

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Babel of babble: by words we govern

If what is said is not what is meant. Language is the only vehicle of ideas; if it breaks down, what happens to the ideas? …For the English language has been spreading around the civilized world at an unprecedented rate … Continue reading

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the essential thing is to want to sing

Having read the first few sentences of Tropic of Cancer, you will remember them. Henry Miller can use the language. He writes strong, biting, memorable, vivid prose. Often it is unjust to begin criticizing a book by taking out its … Continue reading

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color and the language of second nature

The power of color. Is color more a presence than a sign, a force, ” the most sacred element of all visible things.” Is color primary and not secondary to form? Is color fundamentally involved in the making of culture … Continue reading

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forever young: eternal trial

Eternal youth. Immortality.The eternal life sweepstakes. Is it the brainwave entertainment industry, or a periodical foray by big pharma? “EASY, RELAXING, 100% SAFE, PROVEN, GUARANTEED, BUY NOW …”Order Yours Now And Receive The Mind Power Bonus”. Well, if laboratory mice … Continue reading

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those were the days

In The End of Art, Donald Kuspit argues that art is over because it has lost its aesthetic import. Art has been replaced by ‘postart’, a term invented by Alan Kaprow, as a new visual category that elevates the banal … Continue reading

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walking the dog from right to left: seeing the in-between

Does dog really exist? Has anyone ever gone mad not being able to think of something to think about?…There is something much deeper in operation here than a simple, albeit innovative mastery of logic and mathematical reasoning. These are verbal … Continue reading

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biden: public language private meaning?

Is speech immaterial to meaning? Is there a self-defeating impossibility of public discourse and are meaning of strings of words simply a ritual in the community sense of the argument? The only way to substantiate the dialog coming from a … Continue reading

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semi-detached from the lost generation

“Among democratic nations each generation is a new people.” —Alexis de Tocqueville. They were the children of the lost generation.The “Lost Generation” moniker was invented by Gertrude Stein and popularized by Ernest Hemingway; it became popular during the age wars … Continue reading

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reich and wtc 9/11

Are there images that should not be used in connection with art and commerce? Should artists seek to provoke? Steve Reich’s new recording scheduled for release on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 called WTC 9/11 played by the Kronos quartet … Continue reading

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