Eryk
Thanks a lot for wrting these events for me. They're terrific. Yes, actually, I lost
between 40 & 50 lbs.since last winter, simply by replacing meat and dairy w/soy- and
now my pants are indeed baggy. The Fluxus for Veganism is great I'll definitely do
that one.
Cheers,
Reed
Eryk Salvaggio wrote:
> VEGAN VAUDEVILLE (FOR REED ALTEMUS)
> 1. Abandon animal products.
> 2. Lose half of your weight.
> 3. Lose half of your remaining weight.
> 4. Continue wearing the same sized pants.
>
> -----------------
>
> FLUXUS FOR VEGANISM
>
> 1. Perform any given fluxus piece.
> 2. Replace all nouns with "Tofu" or "Soy."
>
> [as a fellow vegan, I have performed script 1]
>
> Reed Altemus wrote:
>
> > meryl wrote:
> >
> > > You're right though, people (Americans in particular)are taught very early
> > > on that pleasure is "bad" and that self indulgence is always a sign of
> > > weakness. All the flux artists I know of (particularly those most active in
> > > the 50s and 60s) seemed to understand this or faked it remarkably well. I
> > >
> >
> > There were definitely some drinkers in the crowd- Emmett Williams with his "In
> > Vino Veritas" and Dick Higgins with a borderline alcohol problem.
> >
> > > believe that pleasure is at the heart of most good art (well, pleasure and
> > > vaudeville to be painstakingly accurate). I believe in total hedonism as a
> > > valid "lifesytle" (insofar as I believe in "lifestyles"). Crowley had it
> > > right you know, "Do What Thou Will Shall be the Whole of the Law." Good old
> > > Uncle Al...one of the last men to know the value of a good sideshow.
> > >
> >
> > I used to practice total hedonism. I smoked, I ate meat, watched porno etc.It
> > did bore me after a while though. Now I'm a bit older and I realize that
> > there's was something missing i.e. taking care of my health! So I quit smoking
> > which definitely would have killed me eventually considering how much I smoked.
> > And went vegan for a diet and started excercising. I guess you reach a certain
> > point where you say "Whoa!" I still hate excercising though. One Fluxus
> > proposal by the mail artist Mark Bloch was to walk on a jogging paths and offer
> > the joggers cigarettes. I thot that was very funny.
> >
> > There's always Max Stirner "The Ego and His Own" too.
> >
> > >
> > > Indeed, blah, blah, blah, woof, woof, woof.
> > > Clearly too much time on my hands today.
> > >
> > > Exactly under the sun
> > > Badgergirl
> > >
> > > (it was Beuys who changed my life. i get the feeling that people don't
> > > realize how funny he was.)
> >
> > YEEEEEEESSSS! Beuys definitely. I just purchased a set of his postcards and
> > they're really terrific. I did a mock version of his Fluxus Zone West rubber
> > stamp not too long ago.
> >
> > >
> > > ----------
> > >
> >
> > RA
