No intention to prove anything on my partner, amigo. If it's proof you want
find a good printer or photographer. Or not even a good one.
Hal
"A paranoid is someone who knows a little
of what's going on."
--William S. Burroughs
Halvard Johnson
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Halvard Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 4:10 PM
> Subject: Re: "incapacity"/New Formalism
>
>
> Linearity & cumulative power were perfectly exemplified in the little
>> story told by a grandfather taking care for an afternoon of his
>> granddaughter,
>> who'd been pestering him all afternoon to tell her a story. The
>> grandfather
>> (Severn Darden) finally says, "Okay, I'll tell you a story. There was a
>> pig.
>> It died." The granddaughter (Barbara Harris) wails, "I don't like that
>> story!"
>> But doesn't deny that she's been told a story.
>>
>> Hal, remembering the old Second City days in Chicago
>>
>> "A paranoid is someone who knows a little
>> of what's going on."
>> --William S. Burroughs
>>
>> Halvard Johnson
>>
>
>
> Which proves what? That the idea of "story" can be reduced to that level?
> That advanced literature can dismiss "story" because children and
> unsophisticates like it?
>
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