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Breath Unto Breath

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. (Psalm 42:7) Some, of course do pass out — right out of the circle. But if anything besides rage is … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Text Stares Back – materials

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Francois Lachance

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The Text Stares Back

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Francois Lachance

In John Edgar Wideman’s Hiding Place there is a passage which puts one in mind of Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille if only because of the preponderance of eyes. Once upon a time. Once upon a time, he … Continue reading →

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In the XML World

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Sometimes possibilities open with the correct confluence of languages. I have been following with interest the recent (and ancient) thread on interdisciplinarity. I am intrigued by not only bridges but the building blocks of bridges. I wonder if, at a … Continue reading →

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Rough Notes from Eells on Pater on Mona Lisa

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Emily Eells Proust’s Cup of Tea: Homoeroticism and Victorian Culture (2002) p. 183-148 Pater – homoerotic ’Conclusion’ of The Renaissance dropped from second edition; replaced by frontispiece His description of it makes his meaning clear: a face of doubtful sex, … Continue reading →

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Intellectuals and Poses

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Francois Lachance

I am fond of exploring group dynamics and the plurality of roles. For some reason, I find myself thinking about the Divergent Factions in the fictional universe created by Veronica Roth (see http://divergent.wikia.com/wiki/Factions). I am intrigued by how they resemble … Continue reading →

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Still Life and A Fan of Links

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Francois Lachance

The idea that nests and insects (butterflies) can figure the regeneration of life in a nature morte stems from this blog entry https://berneval.hcommons-staging.org/2010/06/02/on-tulips-vanitas-and-collecting/ and a search of vanitas + birds + nests led to the work of Kimberly Witham https://www.kimberlywitham.com … Continue reading →

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Breasts

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Francois Lachance

A sketch I made back in the 70s. The gesture depicted brings to mind lines from “Journey” by John Williams collected in The Broken Landscape […]            Toward evening when the wine Ran out we turned as lovers should To touch … Continue reading →

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Time and In-Betweenness

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Francois Lachance

What is amazing in Mary E. Galvin’s Queer Poetics: Five Modernist Women Writers is her ability to draw upon sources that might be disdained in academic or theory circles. Witness what she does accomplish with an image from Judy Grahn … Continue reading →

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Filial Fragments

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Richard Ronan. “Violets”. Flowers. this is a farewell poem: stephan was like my son in many ways I mean: like a son I maybe wanted to have and didn’t and evidently won’t have I know that part of wanting a … Continue reading →

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