Yeah, not knowing what's going to happen is wonderful. I also find, tho, that working in a "traditional form" often adds to that sense of not knowing. The form can change what you do in completely unexpected ways.
And yes, I do have quite a few audio cassettes of readings, performances, etc., some of them collaborations with musicians or sound artists. I'd be glad to trade. What do you have? You can send it to 137 Leland Ave., Columbus, OH 43214 USA
I've done, and am still doing, quite a bit of work with Burroughs. I'm Curator of the Avant Writing Collection at the Ohio State Univ. Libraries, and the library also has the largest archive of Burroughs' papers anywhere. I've cataloged several batches of them. Some of the guides to the cataloged materials can be seen at: http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/
Go to Libraries and Collections, then Rare Books & MSS, then Finding Aids, then click on the various guides. Just a few weeks ago we installed a major exhibition based in large part on the Burroughs collections: An American Avant Garde: First Wave (the Second Wave will be next year). In a couple weeks we're having a symposium and reception - so there's a lot of Burroughs-related activity here...
Onword, John
At 03:18 PM 7/13/01 +0100, you wrote:
John wrote:
>There's also a sense in which I don't understand what I'm doing at all,
which is why I keep doing it: in order to try to understand what I'm doing!
It's all a wonderful mystery...<
I feel like this with regard to the music I make. I like that feeling of
pure experiment..it's very liberating. Traditional forms are good exercises
but often it just doesn't feel true to oneself.
BTW - John can you tell us more about the work you did in connection with
William Burroughs, I believe you mentioned something about that a while ago
and I meant to pick up on it.
Also John do you have any recordings of you reading some of your poems? I
could trade something... music CD etc.
cheers,
Sol.
