[syndicate] Re: Yes, but is it art?

[Michael Watson]

yes, it was intended for the list. i am enjoying this list very much. i come
from a world where rational linear thinking is valued above all else so i am
having trouble understanding some of the language here. i was initially
frustrated by the tendency to make up words but now i see it as speaking in
kind of a poetry. some of the ideas expressed take my breath away.

i went to see laurie anderson last night and was very moved. my only
suggestion to her would be that if she is going to do a monolouge then she
should experiment with breaking out of her flat sing-song delivery. she
alluded to this when she commented that some personality constucts do not
allow screaming, they are too narrowly defined. i wish she had screamed. i
wish i could scream.

michael

At 02:27 PM 3/11/02 +0100, you wrote:
>hello michael,
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>welcome and hope you will like syndicate
>maybe this mail was perhaps intended for the list rather than specifically me ?
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>best,
>frederic
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>At 22:46 09/03/02 -0800, you wrote:
>>>>do ppl not know how to filter email?
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>>>I know but I don't because I do not deem anyone irremediably unreadable
>>>and certainly not mez
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>>you and i are both richer for not filtering. i am trying to break my mind
>>filters. the list moderators are busy installing top level filters. this is
>>not necessary since we can install our own filters. we do not let our isp
>>install spam filters because we do not trust their definition of spam or
>>their filter software. 
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>>>>and your point is? (is there something wrong with building a name to
>>>>broadcast a msg?)
>>>
>>>perhaps. what do _you think ?
>>>
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>>it is human to take delight in getting oneself recognized along with one's
>>art, especially if it furthers one's art. it is hard to be heard above the
>>din of voices, i don't think we should fault someone for trying, especially
>>in so innocuous a medium as email.
>>
>>>>why express yourself at all?
>>>
>>>suddenly you did
>>>I am glad
>>>
>>>f.
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>>thank you. i have spent many years writing code, long viewing it as art. i
>>have no luck in getting other engineers in thinking this way. when i began
>>exploring and expressed puzzlement to other engineers about the way artists
>>talk, they said it was because it was bullshit (www.xent.com). the salon.com
>>article on nn led me here. i still haven't figured out how artists talk.
>>mezangelle and nn appeal because they mix code and human language.
>>
>>while(uloveme){illbetrue()};  // infinite loop
>>
>>michael
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