Kathy Forer wrote:
> you wrote:
> >Sorry if any of my posts seemed hard to follow. Sometimes they consist
> >of "thought bombs" which are ever so much better than real ones.
>
> I'm on the spot here, so I agree, but I'd also say so otherwise
> anyway: I like your thought bombs. Like a thought balloon, only
> filled with water, perhaps baking soda and the other ingredients. But
> generally well aimed, placed, timed and explode keenly.
>
> >Circular thinking?
>
> Is there something I said that makes you say this? Or perhaps the way
> I said this, or what I omitted to say? I'm glad you liked the maps,
> spasmodically though sincerely glad, as I really enjoy and like them
> as well.
No nothing in particular made me say this. Just referring to Bestpoet's
post.
>
>
> Harrumph, she harped.
>
> I was momentarily all excited about putting the pop albums on Napster
> -- a theme of late in my alter-universe -- then realized they're
> vinyl in their jewel box-like cardboard cases, and over 20 feet away
> from the computer: the wiring would be no fun; but, maybe I could do
> it anyway. Oh, but then I'm on a Mac (Macster prerelease doesn't have
> the publishing capabilities of its original brother), though there
> must be a way around that, and it would be fun to use this
> technology. But then we're for the most part just folk, still have
> vinyl (even without players), so maybe the post and jewel boxes
> aren't all meretricious artifacts, mere atavistic remnants, but
> possibly a most beautiful, economic, fluid, motion capture operating
> system.
>
> Harrumph again, without a snide or smirk.
>
What's Napster? A website?
>
> You see, in the world beyond the shadows I don't really like Marcel
> Duchamp, yet somehow in here, -- behind the screen, -- it all seems
> so appropriate.
>
> To my coy webster in the craft or sullen night: I really like Max
> Ernst. And I thought sincerely though spasmodically RA was part of
> Sun RA. (Did you inhale?)
I agree sometimes the widespread admiration of Duchamp is hard to fathom.
After all, a l,ot of his most important work was puns and wordplay in
French which I totally don't get. But certainly the importance of his
invention of the readymade can't be underestimated. It was a bit different
than the surrealist objet trouve, right? More of a personal gesture which
he managed to claim for his own by being enigmatic in his statements. As
Joseph Beuys said sometimes "The silence of Duchamp is overrated." I've
never had a real solid feeling about understanding his work. But as you
say Duchamp is appropriate for Fluxlist. I agree, Max Ernst was great of
course his collage novels (does anyone know whether those are available in
print?) and paintings and objects. It's funny though search for Dada and
you find Duchamp and Man Ray but not Max Ernst. I always thought that was
funny.
Anyways, I ramble a bit. No RA is not part of Sun Ra. Sun Ra was a jazz
musician. RA is my initials.
Inhale? Well actually I have just quit smoking. Haven't had a cigarette in
more than a week. It's still tough because I still get that nicotine jones
and will for a while. Can't wait til my body stops reminding me.
RA
