thanks as well, but it knows, as much as I know. I always wonder about the history of _things,_ as much as about organisms, everything speaks, everything needs tending, everything fades, corrupts, dies, disappears.
On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Bj?rn Magnhild?en wrote: > ... 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 > > == 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
