'Deadly' strikes a wrong note with me because I am used to hearing
Aborigines express at, meaning 'cool'. If a guitar solo goes well, it is
deadly, man. There are even national arts awards for indigenous people
called the Deadlies (or maybe the Deadlys). But even stripping away those
echoes, 'deadly' seems out of place.
For what it's worth ...
Andrew
On 3 October 2013 18:59, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As they are presented in this sequence. Yes, it is the police term.
> You ask 2 interesting questions. Ive been thinking about the frame
> slippage overnight; and I think probably not. I like the one instance,
> held; but I'll keep in in mind, But you are right about deadly. That
> needs work. Thanks
>
> L
>
> On 02/10/2013, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Domestics (& that's the police term no?) are harsh, as you see them,
> > Lawrence.
> >
> > Should there be more of that frame slippage than the one repeat? And I
> > wondered if 'deadly' is somehow too, we;; I dont know; I thought 'dead'
> as
> > in the emotions etc...
> >
> > Doug
> > On 2013-10-02, at 12:53 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Punches her in the face, breaking it up,
> >> the problems of mankind something personal;
> >> her mouth turns backwards flame-glowing
> >> to a dislocated grin, a smashed mirror.
> >>
> >> I cannot breathe. Liquid evaporating,
> >> trying to sound casual, stiffening her pain.
> >> The picture of her sticks at frame slippage,
> >> straddling two images held apart slightly
> >>
> >> audio hissing sound track of a dull morning.
> >> An observer the observer stays calm
> >> in stray silence, making that chance a pretence
> >> of will; pulling away; remaining visible
> >> in the midst of a deadly room in their mad household
> >> throughout harmful streets in a clever town.
> >>
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> > http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Latest books:
> > Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
> > Recording Dates
> > (Rubicon Press)
> >
> > Art is always the replacing of indifference by attention.
> >
> > Guy Davenport
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Andrew
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