Thanks Barry. And glad to be back - though distracted by a large task
these few weeks.
Yes, I was trying to get to a different syntax out of older, possibly
'weaker' (blurrier?) works. Hence, my positive response to your line.
But I take the point, sometimes the strong trounces (cancels?) rather
than adds to work.
J
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On 14/01/2011, at 3:58 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> Thanks, Jill. Welcome back. In fact, the snap you posted last week
> prompted me to quarry something presentable out of my out-takes,
> though I'd really like to return to a style more like yours in that
> work. A syntax in which almost equally "strong" words relate to
> each other in somewhat problematic ways. "Trounce trowel-led
> troweler" entirely a product of my revision process, and though a
> striking line in itself, I wonder whether it's a bit too much and if
> it contributes to the progression of the text. I now detect an
> initially unconscious allusion to an episode of "Seinfeld" in which
> Kramer "treats" the lines between lanes on a New York highway,
> yielding automotive chaos. And the subsequent "trouncings" he
> experiences.
>
> Barry
>
>
> .On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:52:03 +1100, Jill Jones
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>
>> Trounce trowel-led troweler. ... that was a tonic for the day,
>> thanks
>> muchly.
>>
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>> On 13/01/2011, at 6:15 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
>>
>>> RICHARD SIEGMAN PAINTING
>>>
>>>
>>> I drop trowel and sprint over to . . .
>>> Gorgeous! The color is more Washington School.
>>> Dries fast. Mention how thick.
>>> I drop trowel and guard color.
>>> Peruse already displayed serration.
>>> Save markings.
>>> Full finish shall inside stripe.
>>> Modular circles show you the most.
>>> Chance/slice each.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> RICHARD SIEGMAN PAINTING
>>>
>>>
>>> Trowel the positive material.
>>> Save markings.
>>> Full finish shall inside stripe.
>>>
>>> Peruse already displayed serration.
>>> Upswing valance with serpents serrated.
>>> A circle serially serrated.
>>> Serrate chance. Slice each copy.
>>> Trowel trousers. No chance.
>>>
>>> Trounce trowel-led troweler.
>>> Traffic stripes shall be loosened /
>>> modular circles show you the most.
>>>
>>> Full finish shall inside stripe.
>>> Save markings.
>>> Trowel the positive material.
>>>
>>>
>>> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring MD US / 1-12-11 (2:13 PM)
>>>
>>> While retrieving the first text (posted here years ago) because a
>>> show of new work by the artist opens this Friday, another poem on
>>> the same page surprised me by its very existence. Counting 14
>>> lines, I knew that I had tried to "finish" this poem with the title
>>> "Out-takes", and that its source had initially been generated via a
>>> modulated flarf engine. While reading it a few times, I knew it
>>> needed revision. That turned out to be not as difficult a process
>>> as presented by the cine-poem via Straub/Huillet I had been working
>>> on for 22 days, and then I went ahead and finished the cine-poem.
>>> You may be able to view examples of Richard Siegman's paintings by
>>> visiting the facebook page for him and his gallery PASS at:
>>>
>>> http://www.facebook.com/Pass.Gallery.DC?ref=ts
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