In this reading, I discover that when the system answers a question, the operator gets a signal that cannot be found.
EXCERPTS FROM THE READING
To ask the system how it moves like that:
Like the emergence of what it expands into.
Like the realm of parts I hear.
Like the space between flocking birds.
Then, to hear this:
The system is generated in realms.
The parts are decided when decisions decide.
The voices are the moving parts.
ABOUT THE SERIES
I am becoming a modern-day oracle to discover what “it” is, by giving voice to its many parts, arranging them in serendipitous configurations.
METHOD
Become a medium for meaningful phrases to emerge from; use source texts when possible.
Write the phrases on post-it notes.
Take webcam shots of yourself holding the post-it notes.
Do an improvised oracular reading of the pictures.
Repeat until enlightened.
Jon’s video today is pretty awesome. Kind of a saturated, mysterious, J-pop (in the coloring) Brakhage glitch version of Newman’s Stations of the Cross. The audio track is like a strange signal from some otherworldly station of its own, orbiting the planet just out of detection by our puny terrestrial instruments, the signal ricocheting through our recordings of our memories, picking up bits of our dreams. The signal is telling us something, the combination of the audio and the video, the black spaces between the footage between the black spaces.
Continuing the music video discovery kick with this amazingly seductive, spooky, Donnie Darko-influenced Bats for Lashes video. Give it until at least :50, if you’re not utterly captivated from the get-go. (Thanks to Robert for the tip!)
