Dave: The 'appliance' theme in your thingy reminds me somewhat of Ben
Marcus (The Age of Wire and String), whom I think someone mentioned here
recently, though it may have been in a parallel universe.
I first came across Marcus in the form of a couple of pieces in the very
interesting (if often uneven) Exact Change Yearbook. I was very struck by
their tone - as though the author of a technical manual were subject to
uncontrollable waves of bafflement and nostalgia borne on a texture that
feels like collage - and bought the book off Amazon a few years back, but
found that, for me, it didn't improve with extended acquaintance; a book of
one idea, of a single striking effect, I feel.
Incidentally, the same ECY contains a couple of fascinating pieces relevant
to the discussion here of psychosis and writing: a "Letter from Edward to
The Scientific Community Thru The Mount Wilson Observatory" and some notes
on an exhibition of his paintings by De Chirico, written in 1972, well
after Hebdomeros and the autobiography, but with some of the same strange
clarity.
Trevor
Jill & Dave:
>> The 'appliance' theme is great. Is it a Brit thing? Heath Robinson and all
>> that?
>
>Jill, danke, I honestly don't know whether it's a Brit thing or not, maybe
>someone else could tell me.
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