probably not of much interest, but made me think of JMB's recent knots or x's
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-8232%28197202%2969%3A3%3C189%3AFI%22ATN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z&size=LARGE
and also something about alan's collapse piece, not in terms of celtic knotwork
or cloisonnee patterns, but
of the cross-hatch.. this truly is an interesting piece in both the sense of
the discursive as form or structure
but of immanence.. also resonates with the theme of one's life flashing before
one's eyes as one passes, a well
known phenomenon.. i read somewhere this may be thought to be a large excretion
of DMT from the pineal
gland. DMT is a short acting hallucinogen which exists naturally in the human
brain and certain plants which
are often found in contexts of shamanic usage.. the experience is said to be
like being fired through a cannon
whose inner surface is a baroque painting.. never tried it, but it is said to be rather mild in its aftermath and only
lasts
7 minutes.. i'm sure this kind of thing isn't of much interest, but i do think
language is certainly capable of
something similiar.. I'd just like to thank alan for his immense generosity in sharing pieces like this. its why i've
always
been attracted to alan's work or repulsed (not in any personal way) but just like getting a shock-bolt, like a dog
hearing
a high pitched whistle he can't quite get.. i think pieces like these are
really and truly something people a hundred
years ago could only dream of.. got sidetracked. i like alan's humanism i guess
you'd say.. that's an awkward term
but it holds for me.. some times these pieces really seem like bits of human
shrapnel just flying out of the screen.
exploding memeory cross-hatched etchings or kavetching? errant mind.. ka..
kai.. I think I've mentioned the book before
but so many of the themes in alan's writing echo those in a way (a much more radical way of course) of Julia Haig
Gaisser's
_Piero Valeriano on the Ill fortune of learned men_ the organic networks of intersecting lives_ the bewildering
complexity,
that old term, throwness,
so many ways to look at and read these things, calling this kind of text a
"machine" just doesnt do it justice..or maybe
i'm not doing 'machine' justice... moments
of organicity, synaptic frame capture.. none of this helps alan, i guess, but i just thought i'd say thanks, i know
people
everywhere are immersed and being. i'm just thankful whatever it all means in
the end, that i chose to read, even if
i really didnt get as much out of it as i should have.. i don't know..... i'm
trying.
to alan and the R.I.F. mountains..
