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Asylum Armature

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Francois Lachance

A fragment dated 31/08/03 – 21/10/03 He would wander the halls. Not sure if the humming he was producing was for himself or some audience he would find beyond the pair of doors that would swing outwards into the light … Continue reading →

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Consolation and Displacement

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Susan Sontag, “Unextinguished: The Case for Victor Serge” collected in At The Same Time The truth of fiction depicts that for which one can never be consoled and displaces it with a healing openness to everything finite and cosmic. This … Continue reading →

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Mind Works

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Francois Lachance

A quotation from a quotation. Vika Zafrin posting to Humanist and asking about references to “associative thinking”. She quotes from Vannevar Bush “As We May Think” With one item in its grasp, [the mind] snaps instantly to the next that … Continue reading →

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Who Profits?

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Always ask “Cui bono?” Style is mighty pleasant for those who benefit from it, but not always rewarding for those who make and live by its necessarily strict rules. Lillian Hellman from Pentimento And so for day 592 27.07.2008

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Adage

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Snatched in a moment of mania… still pondering its possibilities Skill may be the capacity to manipulate perceptions of knowledge. Magic is. And so for day 591 26.07.2008

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Creeping Past

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Years apart and somehow tied to the same topos. Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now. from lyrics to Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Stephen Stills. He befouled where he was with where he had … Continue reading →

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When a dog is a cur

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Francois Lachance

The joys of celebrating the petty criminal. John M. Ford. A Star Trek novel #36 How much for just the planet? (Simon and Schuster, 1987) “What is he?” “What am I?” the shopkeeper said, a dangerous edge in his voice. … Continue reading →

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Disabilities of the Mind

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Francois Lachance

This description of Jip from Richard Frost’s Brain and Body is marked by keen observation of being unable to find “the here and now embedded in and explained by what immediately preceded it”. The more I learn about him, the … Continue reading →

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RTFM

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Just as “laughing out loud” got reprocessed as “lots of love”, RTFM when transmuted by the euphemism machine gives “Remember to Find Manual” Find it before you read it! And so for day 587 22.07.2008

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Getting There

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Roo Borson in Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida invites the reader to meditate upon the place and the passage of time and the limits of the recuperative abilities of literature. Oishida still exists on the map. I would someday like … Continue reading →

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