some days u just look at that little vertical line beeping on & off, on the screen, and wonder what the hey ... what to say? when all is said and done, is any permution of letters, symbols & spaces ultimately any more valid, meaningful or real than any other? will one such permutation actually impact upon the kosmos in a manner significantly different, at the end of the day as it were, to another given permutation?
i don't claim to have the answers, although my guessed answers to these questions would at present be:
a. no
b. no
actually: screw that - change those answers to:
paivw
yv5
there u have it.
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i don't claim to have the answers, although my guessed answers to these questions would at present be:
a. no
b. no
actually: screw that - change those answers to:
paivw
yv5
there u have it.
~
posted by fergal at 4:27 AM
4 Comments:
Well, if you're talking about the string of characters that constitute your blog posts, I'd be inclined to agree. But what about art that moves the reader? Or indeed, the words and spaces that order an execution, or the destruction of a forest?
Sorry, fergal. Still not up to my exacting standards. Try thinking about what you want to write before you sit down at the computer.
everything is impermanent, old chap; the end result is always the same.
and i generally find it's best to aim to live in the present moment, including when typing blog contents.
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Yeah, but our experience of the present moment is informed by everything that has gone before it, at least as far as our own memories and selfhood go. Thinking of a blog topic before you start out does not preclude improvisation in the moment of composition. I'm reminded of a comment made by Robert Fripp in a solo guitar performance recording I have, where he relates the answer to the question: are these pieces improvised? He replied: "When things go wrong, you have to fix them."
Actually, I mis-reported that quote. It should be:
"When things go wrong, you have to deal with it."
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