Sure, Bill. Just pulling your bare leg.
I’m sure most people pick up clues from afar about other people.
This could be the theme of your next poem.
Max
On Jun 24, 2015, at 17:02, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks, Max, Doug. Just a bit of mind noodling I suppose. Not nailed by any means. It's not meant as an exhortation for nudity or wider display of members - family or otherwise - just pointing towards acknowledging that faces are what we mean when we say we recognise anyone, which is only one part of them. Although of course, regular walkers like you, Max, probably do recognise people from afar by their gaits, height, manner with dogs.
>
> Bill
>
>> On 25 Jun 2015, at 1:12 am, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I’m wondering, intrigued, Bill…
>>
>> from exposing bodies to ‘family members’ distracted somewhat.
>>
>> from ‘topmost’ to - ‘bottom-most’…
>>
>> From ‘visible lips’ to invisible lips…
>>
>> Extraordinary provocations everywhere, most original.
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 24, 2015, at 7:45, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ah, but do we? Never tie in stance, etc?
>>>
>>> It’s an intriguing mind-game, Bill, & well articulated, but I’m not convinced…
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>> On Jun 23, 2015, at 4:23 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> only knowing people by their heads
>>>> what they allow to shoot
>>>> above their collars
>>>>
>>>> or to peep from under their hats
>>>> for their whole lives
>>>> utterances all that count
>>>>
>>>> from their visible lips
>>>> or maybe squirms
>>>> or eyebrow lifts
>>>>
>>>> who are people anyway?
>>>> the sum of exposed heads
>>>> and covered trunks
>>>>
>>>> and brandished limbs?
>>>> what if we projected instead
>>>> soul-skins?
>>>>
>>>> identifying emotional meters
>>>> rather than eyes and mouths
>>>> and postures?
>>>>
>>>> imagine shopping
>>>> working
>>>> spending time
>>>>
>>>> with family members
>>>> dating
>>>> dealing with strangers
>>>>
>>>> how much depends every day
>>>> on how we register people's
>>>> privileged topmost bits?
>>>>
>>>> bw
>>>
>>> Douglas Barbour
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>>>
>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
>>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>>>
>>> Done in by creation itself.
>>>
>>> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
>>> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
>>> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
>>>
>>> Robert Kroetsch.
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