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I begin my self-crucifixion
in the throes of an uncontrollable dance
that thrusts me into walls, whereupon I bleed, -
while each dynasty of my body collapses
and the wall that keeps me trapped inside a scream
is hammered into shape
by the haruspex who writes upon my veins
in the throes of an uncontrollable dance
that thrusts me into walls, whereupon I bleed, -
while each dynasty of my body collapses
and the wall that keeps me trapped inside a scream
is hammered into shape
by the haruspex who writes upon my veins
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I begin my self-crucifixion
in the throes of an uncontrollable dance
that thrusts me into walls, whereupon I bleed, -
while each dynasty of my body collapses
and the wall that keeps me trapped inside a scream
is hammered into shape
by the haruspex who writes upon my veins
in the throes of an uncontrollable dance
that thrusts me into walls, whereupon I bleed, -
while each dynasty of my body collapses
and the wall that keeps me trapped inside a scream
is hammered into shape
by the haruspex who writes upon my veins
Hills, swirls and drains, these are the language of reality. (R Feynman)
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Hills, swirls and drains, these are the language of reality. (R Feynman)
If it can fill in the faces in a blurry photo, I bet a good AI program could un-redact all the names in the Epstein files.
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If it can fill in the faces in a blurry photo, I bet a good AI program could un-redact all the names in the Epstein files.
"Oh my friends!
God has sent me as a messenger.
I am transformed into a poem." (Popol Vuh)
God has sent me as a messenger.
I am transformed into a poem." (Popol Vuh)
December 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"Oh my friends!
God has sent me as a messenger.
I am transformed into a poem." (Popol Vuh)
God has sent me as a messenger.
I am transformed into a poem." (Popol Vuh)
Reposted
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 15,1958
December 15,1958
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 15,1958
December 15,1958
"There is no revolution without a revolution in culture. ... All creation is an act of war, a war against hunger, against nature, against sickness, against death, against life, against fate." (A Artaud)
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"There is no revolution without a revolution in culture. ... All creation is an act of war, a war against hunger, against nature, against sickness, against death, against life, against fate." (A Artaud)
"It is the social duty of art to provide an opening for the anxieties of its age. The artist is a scapegoat that must magnetize, attract, let the restive anger of the times fall on his shoulders so that the age may be discharged of its psychological discontent." (A Artaud, slightly edited)
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"It is the social duty of art to provide an opening for the anxieties of its age. The artist is a scapegoat that must magnetize, attract, let the restive anger of the times fall on his shoulders so that the age may be discharged of its psychological discontent." (A Artaud, slightly edited)
What we should borrow from Artaud is precisely what society seeks to deprive us of in ourselves.
December 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
What we should borrow from Artaud is precisely what society seeks to deprive us of in ourselves.
"Surreality is like a sort of osmotic contraction, a sort of inverted communication [that] remains on guard and prevents contact with day to day reality and allows more subtle and rarified contacts, contacts reduced to a thread which catches fire but never breaks." (A Artaud)
December 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"Surreality is like a sort of osmotic contraction, a sort of inverted communication [that] remains on guard and prevents contact with day to day reality and allows more subtle and rarified contacts, contacts reduced to a thread which catches fire but never breaks." (A Artaud)
(Part 2 of 2) The cultural space art inhabits is not a passive background but rather becomes part of the story that art expresses." (Me, re-contextualizing R Feynman's talk about particles and fields.)
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
(Part 2 of 2) The cultural space art inhabits is not a passive background but rather becomes part of the story that art expresses." (Me, re-contextualizing R Feynman's talk about particles and fields.)
Art exists within a discourse of various active fields. Art history, philosophy, culture, politics, commodification. These fields influence how art is perceived. Art is not an independent actor, but rather participates in an environment that it both affects and responds to. (Part 1 of 2)
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Art exists within a discourse of various active fields. Art history, philosophy, culture, politics, commodification. These fields influence how art is perceived. Art is not an independent actor, but rather participates in an environment that it both affects and responds to. (Part 1 of 2)
Poem (after Appolinaire): A title, a cloud, a bird, a train, a chain of hills defining a valley, and a little pictogram of the top of a telegraph pole.
December 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Poem (after Appolinaire): A title, a cloud, a bird, a train, a chain of hills defining a valley, and a little pictogram of the top of a telegraph pole.
"What is the solution? There is no solution because there is no problem. Problem is the invention of man — it is nonsensical." (M Duchamp)
December 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"What is the solution? There is no solution because there is no problem. Problem is the invention of man — it is nonsensical." (M Duchamp)
"Everyday experience treats emptiness as absence. Fields replace that idea with structure. Space becomes an active participant." (R Feynman)
December 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Everyday experience treats emptiness as absence. Fields replace that idea with structure. Space becomes an active participant." (R Feynman)
Inspiration is an offering from the beyond for having the patience to abdicate the rule of law long enough that the dam of reason may be breached and the fountain of the unconscious begin to flow.
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Inspiration is an offering from the beyond for having the patience to abdicate the rule of law long enough that the dam of reason may be breached and the fountain of the unconscious begin to flow.
"Trying to do research (in physics) means most of the time it feels like you are sitting around and doing nothing. If you are lucky you eventually get a good idea. I usually don't even have a good idea of what I want to figure out. If I get really frustrated, I might go for a long walk." (Ed Witten)
December 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Trying to do research (in physics) means most of the time it feels like you are sitting around and doing nothing. If you are lucky you eventually get a good idea. I usually don't even have a good idea of what I want to figure out. If I get really frustrated, I might go for a long walk." (Ed Witten)
We've entered an era where our US Government tax dollars are being used to protect a pedophile.
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We've entered an era where our US Government tax dollars are being used to protect a pedophile.
prayer is the initiation
of a dialog with silence,
it admits to the humility of a voice
that has lost its ability
to live without the freedom of solitude
of a dialog with silence,
it admits to the humility of a voice
that has lost its ability
to live without the freedom of solitude
December 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
prayer is the initiation
of a dialog with silence,
it admits to the humility of a voice
that has lost its ability
to live without the freedom of solitude
of a dialog with silence,
it admits to the humility of a voice
that has lost its ability
to live without the freedom of solitude
I rouse demons
with my abstinence
from the purity that encroaches upon
my incarcerated heart,
and with my loyalty
to the contaminations
that ensure my boundless banishment
from reason
with my abstinence
from the purity that encroaches upon
my incarcerated heart,
and with my loyalty
to the contaminations
that ensure my boundless banishment
from reason
December 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I rouse demons
with my abstinence
from the purity that encroaches upon
my incarcerated heart,
and with my loyalty
to the contaminations
that ensure my boundless banishment
from reason
with my abstinence
from the purity that encroaches upon
my incarcerated heart,
and with my loyalty
to the contaminations
that ensure my boundless banishment
from reason
I refuse
the tattered rags of wisdom
in favor of the voluptuous nudity of unknowingness
the tattered rags of wisdom
in favor of the voluptuous nudity of unknowingness
December 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I refuse
the tattered rags of wisdom
in favor of the voluptuous nudity of unknowingness
the tattered rags of wisdom
in favor of the voluptuous nudity of unknowingness
a brief passing breeze
provokes a chill on my skin -
an impression I no longer recall
makes me pause in my thoughts
and turn to emptiness and an opportunity for silence
provokes a chill on my skin -
an impression I no longer recall
makes me pause in my thoughts
and turn to emptiness and an opportunity for silence
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
a brief passing breeze
provokes a chill on my skin -
an impression I no longer recall
makes me pause in my thoughts
and turn to emptiness and an opportunity for silence
provokes a chill on my skin -
an impression I no longer recall
makes me pause in my thoughts
and turn to emptiness and an opportunity for silence
"The moment you lose the center in yourself, you may as well be a toad as be a man, a little mass waiting for a kick." (H Michaux)
December 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"The moment you lose the center in yourself, you may as well be a toad as be a man, a little mass waiting for a kick." (H Michaux)
"Broken puppet, you toss and turn now, you toss and turn in the bed of misfortune, you reckless idiot."(Henri Michaux)
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Broken puppet, you toss and turn now, you toss and turn in the bed of misfortune, you reckless idiot."(Henri Michaux)
"A man in unison with Self knows nothing, wants nothing, has found his heart's fulfillment and is free of sorrow. Father disappears, mother disappears, gods and scriptures disappear, thief, murderer, rich man, beggar disappear; he has passed beyond sorrow." (The Upanishads)
December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"A man in unison with Self knows nothing, wants nothing, has found his heart's fulfillment and is free of sorrow. Father disappears, mother disappears, gods and scriptures disappear, thief, murderer, rich man, beggar disappear; he has passed beyond sorrow." (The Upanishads)
“It is not through (passive) contemplation of divine order, but the frenzied impulse preceding and preparing the intimate union with the god by a total self-abandonment ... and abasement of reason before this power, that Dionysism seeks the way of salvation.” (H. Jeanmaire, Dionysos, p. 423.)
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“It is not through (passive) contemplation of divine order, but the frenzied impulse preceding and preparing the intimate union with the god by a total self-abandonment ... and abasement of reason before this power, that Dionysism seeks the way of salvation.” (H. Jeanmaire, Dionysos, p. 423.)