Sunday, October 11, 2015

Immaterial.



"No permanence is ours; we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds."
Herman Hesse


I am not sure how long to make this.


I have been skimming Keith Hamon's recent post:  
"The Viscosity of Rhizo14". 

I feel that I should excuse myself. 
SKIMMING 
across 
the 
surface.

WHY?

Should I be deep?

"Plus ça change - Plus c'est la même chose."

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

A
WORD
There are words...
OBJECT(S)
We are stuck on objects.
WORDS.
OBJECTS.

WE ARE STUCK ON OUR OUTLINES.
WE ARE STUCK ON THESE OUTLINES.
THESE WORDS.
THESE OBJECTS.

I was skimming a Mariana Funes' recent post on her DoubleMirror blog.

MIRROR

OPENNESS 
IN 
EDUCATION 
-
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

I am fixed in an outline in a pool.

I feel that I should excuse myself. 
SKIMMING 
across 
the 
surface.

WHY?

Should I be deep?

"Plus ça change - Plus c'est la même chose."

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

“The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:

"I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.” 



WE ARE FIXED 
IN
AN 
I
CON



VITRUVIAN MAN 
da VINCI

“I like the stars. 
It's the illusion of permanence, I think.
 I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. 
But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. 
I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. 
Gods come, and gods go. 
Mortals flicker and flash and fade. 
Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. 
But I can pretend...” 


THERE ARE NO OBJECTS
THERE ARE NO WORDS
THERE IS NO WEB

XYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXY

THISISIMMATERIAL.


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4 comments:

  1. To be the rock which only kisses the water as it skims, never to sink, if thrown well.
    Or to be the thrower?

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  2. I like skimming sounds, Simon. Skim the surface.

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