... but in the consciousness of it all, scraping along, as if a forgotten instrument, there's sound! an experience, as long as it is --- and when it isn't it isn't and doesn't even know. Thanks for a continuous inspiration - Bj
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: > > definitely and defiantly old and useless, but then what use is any of this? > I look around at the musical instruments here and have no idea why I play > any of them, why the practice, most of the time they're silent on their own > unless the strings slip... as far as Second Life goes, I wander lonely as a > cow whose friends have gone to the slaughter... > > > > > > On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Bj?rn Magnhild?en wrote: > >> Alan is an old internet troll >> Even older than the internet >> Internet troll, internet troll >> Trollololo trollololo >> >> Just ignore him >> Because he's old and useless >> And stupid as a troll, stupid as a troll >> Trollololo, trollololo >> >> When he is dead and is no more >> We will all rejoice, all rejoice >> What it all means, what it all means >> We don't know, we don't know >> Because life is shorter than a dream >> Trollololo, trollolololoooooooooooo >> >> >> >> Best wishes, and keep going! >> >> On 2/3/13, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you so much, the video and still are lovely. I do doubt my work >>> will >>> be remembered, it never makes it into the larger shows etc.; it's always >>> been peripheral. My new book will silently disappear! But I'm really glad >>> you appreciate the work - that means a lot. And thank you again, >>> >>> love Alan >>> >>> On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Michael Szpakowski wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/8439699692/in/photostream >>>> >>>> Happy Birthday Alan! You've been an inspiration since I first >>>> encountered your extrordinary work, much of which I love. Even when I'm >>>> untouched or don't care for something of yours I'm constantly moved and >>>> impressed by your integrity. I've stolen individual ideas from you, of >>>> course, but more importantly the body of work and the way you make it >>>> has taught me a great deal about what it means to be an artist. >>>> >>>> I would put good money on the proposition that much of your work will be >>>> remembered >>>> >>>> and valued when many of today's art celebs are long forgotten. >>>> >>>> I wish you happiness today and many more years of making art. >>>> >>>> michael >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 4:24 AM >>>> Subject: [NetBehaviour] Cathe on 2/2/13 end of my 60s >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Cathe on 2/2/13 end of my 60s >>>> >>>> http://lounge.espdisk.com/archives/1038 (best) >>>> solo chromatic harp and Audacity, please listen >>>> >>>> http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/cathe.mp3 >>>> >>>> the last piece I will make in my 60s. Time's arrow >>>> is obdurate, fixed, inert, idiotic, supple, subject >>>> to relativistic dilations and contractions, but >>>> a vector in the large, a diminution of organism, >>>> denouement of the temporary coagulation of this >>>> intentionality, this moment. so a piece of mourning >>>> and a piece of escape, tomorrow i can no longer >>>> pretend, tomorrow time is always and permanently >>>> bracketed, as time makes way for time. and i am >>>> smashed by time which reaches back, foreknowledge >>>> none of us should be granted, just as my tongue >>>> claws at the very final notes in my 60s, struggles >>>> to rearrange and bring them to an end, as end >>>> itself is an absolute preparation for nothing. end >>>> always comes before end; Zeno's flight died by >>>> increment, nothing was left, spearheads without >>>> shafts, brutality. i am fearful of death, of its >>>> disturbance, Dunbar's >>>> >>>> The state of man does change and vary, >>>> Now sound, now sick, now blyth, now sary, 10 >>>> Now dansand mirry, now like to die: >>>> Timor Mortis conturbat me. >>>> >>>> i write my own toon here, cathe-cathedral, less >>>> than an hour i have, coins already on my eyes, i >>>> won't go gentle in this or any other night, my >>>> mouth breathes sound >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> >>>> >>> >>> == >>> email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >>> web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 >>> music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >>> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/rt.txt >>> == >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > > == > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/rt.txt > == > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
