Re: <documenta X><blast> Visual Commodity/Kernel

Jaakko Hucklebee (jessec@zipnet.net)
Fri, 18 Jul 1997 09:22:57 -0400

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

--------------2BD856494C0A
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

-- 
?_

--------------2BD856494C0A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="amail.wpd" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="amail.wpd"

’WPC„ÉĖ)¶‘©Yr…f…5“Ÿ“*ivĒz²B[”Ąų–`c8%ƒÅĘAĶøiŠø„“a%mćėM\S±FÜŻ4¢š¹>1^Ē;QCÕś%óĖXfpÖ-ēĖ„5ŽE²“ø”¶|­“½EĻjĖH"6"ōAŌÖ×1.BūĆęlć³ ™äšmé½Ü_¼…vgóģĮņ›*ąOś~”uŲ+dŽ speare.€Macbeth€saw€an€imaginary€dagger€floating€before€him€before€his€dirty€deed.€WasŠt€transcends€the€functionalĢpresence,€essence,€of€Aristotleššs€metaphysics€if€you€think€Aristotle€is€not€intuitively€imaginaryĢto€begin€with„„as€I€do.€€Shellyššs€imagination€of€white€operating€metaphysically€grasps€libertyĢand€freedom€and€associates€it€with€America,€where€rebel€love€š šgoes€tošš€after€organic€death.ĢThis€imaginary€image€of€white€is,€like€the€super„vision€of€a€computer,€š šonšš€evenĢwhen€not€causal.€It€is€open€to€the€¢metapoetic£€program.€And€this€imaginary€white€is€literallyĢthe€memory€of€white€imagined€in€a€non„mechanical€environment€while€stored€in€a€localĢmachine.€The€metaphysics€of€this€love€transcends€the€address:€human„experience/existentialism/Ģ¢responsibility.zip£/,€i.e.,€the€place! .Šempowers€it.ĢOne€solution€is€to€find€a€way€to€dwell€with€it,€Heidegger.€Iššll€call€this€the€spacial€relationshipĢof€imagination,€€as€linked€to€an€ethical€intuition.€€Or,€as€I€see€it,€the€nimble€nihilism€of€romanticĢlove.€€And€I€can€hear€Zarathustra€say,€š šDo€you€dare€to€love€your€computer!€Again€and€again!ĢAnd€with€a€whip!ššĢIt€is,€€Nietzsche€notwithstanding,€only€my€suggestion€that€intuition€and€imagination€haveĻsomething€to€do€with€vision€and€images,€a€corroborative€piece€of€evidence€that€suggests€weĻchoose€our€metaphysics€along€with€our€images.€€Iššll€call€this€¢metapoetic£.€That€white€exists€ergoĻmetaphysics€is€perchance€a€workable€spacial€relationship.€€I€do€not€claim€to€proselytize€this,Ļhowever,€for€I€am€inclined€to€see€š šwithšš€it€in€order€to€š šget€overšš€it.€€I€see€a€choice€not€to€š šget€itššĻespecially€at€this€time€in€The€America€of€Zero€Artistic€Tolerance€with€Hamlet€in€The€House.ńcńĢ(The€House€of€Representatives€voted€this€week€to€cut€arts! €funding€to€zero)ńcńĢ(Can€I€afford€to€care€what€America€thinks€about€Art?)€€€ĢMaybe€I€should€condense€this€as:€the€image€is€imaginary€at€best,€€when€the€vision€is€intuitive,Ģand€the€ń--------------2BD856494C0A--