Alan Sondheim on Sun, 9 Sep 2001 23:31:02 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> as long as i can write, she dreams |
- as long as i can write, she dreams nikuko wakes up, it's a bed of roses, kanji etched by thorns cutting deep into her, blood streaming out of her listen: without the brush of the calligrapher, signs flow, written to the real - blood streaming across her breasts, down her thighs, paralleling, converging where her legs meet and part lying, she reads dendy: 'It is clear, at least, that the deep interest of the subject of reflection overbalances the influences of the external sen- ses. The impression of objects is either too slight or rapid to produce perception (in other words); however the impression may be imparted to the brain by the nerve, the brain is not _sensible_ of it, and there is there- fore no perception. So intense, indeed, has been this influence, that Pliny contemplated the volcanic philosophy amid the ashy cloud of Vesuvius by which he was destroyed.' in blood, she thinks of the _capital_ idea: within the marks of quotation, everything is permitted bleeding, she thinks of the ashy cloud inscribing the philosophy of the world, learning to read from the world, after all is said and done death is never a writing; she has been far too long journeying, only to return with this capital idea, that of the calligraphy of the world, con- ditioned by natural topographies, as the blood flows from her body distended by thorns, at first the appearance of the 'river' character, coupling into 'mountains,' 'roots' she turns and turns, naked against the bushes, draining her body; lizards watch her, birds watch over her she is writing the world into existence, she is no longer speaking writing and writing _ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net