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Is there anything you read that you look at and think "yes" that is me,
myself, as a genius?

Luke

On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 19:28, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Or defective detective?
>
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, 5:42 pm Luke, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> We do seem to know some stuff; mostly the rest is decorative?
>>
>> Luke
>>
>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 17:32, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a covert realist myself :)
>>>
>>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, 3:33 pm Luke, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > words to that effect
>>>>
>>>> They work for me. So not rhetorical then...
>>>>
>>>> Luke
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 15:31, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Because the social world of power that I experience is complex, though
>>>>> brutal in its simplicity; incoherent, though authoritarian; inimical to
>>>>> psychological need though ready to gratify base drives.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or words to that effect.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4 September 2018 at 15:19, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> So why are you using surrealist techniques? For complexity,
>>>>>> incoherence, psychological needs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Luke
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 14:02, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've had extensive dealings with Yodel and its complaints service
>>>>>>> lately and would suggest that it covers both post-surrealism and devices
>>>>>>> meaningfully combining into incoherence very nicely indeedy-deed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4 September 2018 at 11:56, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ok so what I'm working with is: *devices meaningfully combining
>>>>>>>> into incoherence*.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A very good example of that meaningfulness would be any parody of
>>>>>>>> closure... but it works with e.g. Imagism, I think, too; a collage that
>>>>>>>> makes no literal sense but is still meaningful
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Luke
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 11:29, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> sounds like a good thing!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Luke
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 10:38, Tim Allen <
>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I tend to describe myself in general as a post-surrealist, or at
>>>>>>>>>> least I prefer that to some other things I get called - the problem is it
>>>>>>>>>> is a very wide ranging 'post'
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 4 Sep 2018, at 10:09, Luke wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, a little drunk there...
>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to find a starting point from which to say a poem
>>>>>>>>>> works, rather than does something I like or feel I should. A specific type
>>>>>>>>>> of 'verisimilitude', does that make sense?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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