I am a bit uncertain about the execution of this piece, as I think the idea could be played out more artistically.
However, the idea, with its Platonic precedent, is an interesting one with profound consequences. It bears repeating and development.
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DATE: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:50:06
From: Mike Horwood <[log in to unmask]>
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>The asterisks around a word/phrase indicate that it is *in italics*.
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>
>Imagist Manifesto
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>No ideas but in things;
>always the eye focused on things,
>but not *more* things than ideas.
>And the ideas should be quite big
>and interesting, so please make the things
>big enough and interesting enough to carry them.
>Always beware of this trap:
>too many things, too few ideas.
>
>At all times remember that the things
>have only been called into existence
>in the service of the idea. It is the idea
>which is the *raison d´ętre* of the thing.
>
>And above all, remember that the thing itself
>is nothing.
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>
>Mike
>
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