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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
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
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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Tagged alfred perles, Allen Ginsberg, anais nin, Beat Poets, ben grauer, ben grauer interview henry miller, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, karl shapiro, Lawrence Durrell, Le sphinx paris, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, William S. Burroughs, Wittgenstein
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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
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Antonin Artaud, Goethe, John Ruskin, John Verelst, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Marcel Proust, Paul Kane, Philip Roth, Philip Whalen, Primo Levi, sidney nolan art, Vincent Van Gogh, Walter Benjamin, William Burroughs
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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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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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Tagged alice cooper, Antonin Artaud, boris lurie, cy twombley, david tudor, dyslexia, jaakko hintikka, Jan van Eyck, Jasper Johns, john denver, Josef Albers, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Marc Chagall, Martin Buber, Robert Rauschenberg, Walter Gropius, William Butler Yeats
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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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